Rep. Kathy Castor opposes drilling off coast of Florida listen
03/31/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday | Listen to this entire show:
Tags: oil drilling, Oil, kathy castor, Barack Obama, Bill Nelson, oil drilling near Florida's coast
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D).
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Seán Kinane/WMNF (Jan. 2009)
Unlike Senator Nelson, Tampa-area U.S. Representative Kathy Castor opposes Obama’s offshore drilling plan.
Comments
Don't give an inch!President Bush and Bill Nelson opened up thousands of square miles for oil drilling and none of the "land" has been drilled. Now Obama is agreeing to open up more "land" for drilling. And the Florida Legislature study found that the oil available is small in terms of the world economy. It could never change the oil and gasoline prices; it could never reduce our dependency on foreign oil; it will not produce many jobs in Florida; and the owners of the drilling companies and refineries are not in Florida so corporate income taxes will not be collected here either. There is really nothing but risk for Florida. There is no upside at all. How can any Floridian actually see any benefit to drilling near Florida? When will the relentless pressure ever end? Even if they spill oil and ruin our seafood supply/industry and tourism they will still want to drill. We should not give them ONE MORE INCH!
