Crist “intrigued” by Cannon offshore drilling proposal
by Dara Kam | April 21st, 2009Eco-friendly Gov. Charlie Crist is “intrigued” by the House proposal to raise money by drilling for oil offshore.
The plan, put into an energy bill, would allow oil leases as close as three miles from the coast and also raise about $300 million a year for the state’s Florida Forever land-buying program.
“I’m intrigued by it,” Crist told reporters this evening before an event at the mansion.
“The reasons why it could be good is it could help us be less dependent on foreign oil. You know the price of gas last summer exceeded $4 a gallon and that’s a concern. I’m intrigued by it because of the potential it may have for being able ot extract oil from beneath the Gulf of Mexico potentially in a way that is safe and a way that is clean and a way that generates a lot of revenue for the state of Florida.”
But with just eight business days left until the session ends and a Senate that isn’t likely to sign off on the proposal, it’s unlikely the proposal will go anywhere for now, Crist acknowledged.
“Earlier would have been nicer. Let me obviously state the obvious,” Crist said.
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April 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
“Earlier would have been nicer. Let me obviously state the obvious,” Crist said.
Translated means that they would have had an easier time shoving this down our throats when gas was at $4.00 gallon.
How could the governor of the State of Florida even consider such a measure. Obviously because he’s a member of the GOP…Greedy Old Parasites!!!