Crist Slips On Oil

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Slow the Rush to Oil Drilling
Florida’s decades-old ban on oil and gas drilling in nearshore waters has been under siege since spring when a shadowy group of oilmen tried to rush a sweetheart deal through the Legislature in the final weeks of the 2009 Regular Session. The oilmen are still at it – spending millions on campaign contributions, public relations and lobbying.

Now they are trying to get the issue considered in a special October session of the Legislature. We thought we could count on Governor Charlie Crist to hold the line on drilling, but he has slipped again.

This is how the Lakeland Ledger describes special sessions:
“Special sessions are traditionally limited to a few topics that lawmakers have largely agreed upon in secret. But they are also opportunities for controversial issues to be rammed through without the horse-trading and white noise that accompanies a regular session when hundreds of bills are being debated.”
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