FLORIDIANS SHOULD NOT BE PANICKED INTO SACRIFICING THEIR COAST
July 11, 2008
July 11, 2008
TAMPA, Fla., July 11 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. (11th CD), has issued the following column:
Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences.
Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sight - 12 miles or so - and you will never know they are there. The drill . . .
Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences.
Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sight - 12 miles or so - and you will never know they are there. The drill . . .