Drill ban could rattle Fla. Senate race

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A group of Florida Democratic legislators are expected to ask Gov. Charlie Crist to call a special session to take up a constitutional amendment banning drilling near the state’s shoreline, POLITICO has learned.

Details of the proposed amendment are still being worked out, but press conferences are scheduled in Miami and St. Petersburg Thursday to kick off what’s expected to be a high-profile anti-drilling campaign in the wake of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The issue will immediately place Crist and his two Senate race rivals — likely Republican nominee Marco Rubio and front-running Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek — in the middle of a contentious debate over the environmental risks and economic rewards of offshore drilling.

State Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, who is helping spearhead the effort, has already asked Crist to bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee — Florida’s regular 60-day legislative session ended Friday — to address the issue of public corruption. But in the wake of the devastating oil spill that’s stained nearly 2,000 square miles of Gulf waters, he said the pitfalls of drilling have never been clearer.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36817.html

[LiberalFighter]

1. They should permit oil drilling off their coast.

It will reduce their tourism industry.

I wonder how it will effect their citrus industry?

The Everglades should do well too with all that oil.

Sorry

[boppers]

2. Good luck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidelands_controversy

[polichick]

3. I hope they succeed! nt