Gov. Scott clarifies his support for oil drilling in Everglades

Source: St. Petersburg Times

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott found himself on both sides of the fence Tuesday when he told a Tallahassee audience that he supports oil drilling in the Everglades, then hours later issued a clarification that he didn't mean "an expansion of drilling."

Scott's remarks to the Economics Club of Florida were prompted by an audience member who asked whether the governor agreed with Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann's call last week for oil drilling in the Everglades for "additional energy."

"You know we already have drilling in the Everglades. We already have oil wells in the Everglades,'' Scott replied. "There's a road in Naples called 'Oil Well Road,' so we already have oil drilling. We've had it since 1943.''

The comments unleashed immediate warnings from environmentalists, who have fought for decades to shield South Florida's crucial watershed from additional oil drilling as they attempt to restore the Everglades ecosystem.

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Rick Scott's biggest problem is that he's stupid. He has no knowledge of history or law. What an idiot!! I can't believe he was "elected"

Fuck all those white haired-Republican assholes who live in their flea-Bag Mobile homes in Florida who only live here 6 months out of the year to avoid taxes AND VOTE FOR pRick Scott..

Then ... they go back to New York in the summer where the tax rates are over 40%....and tell us how we need to salute Rudi Guillani.. and believe in 911...

To this ...I must say..FUCK YOU.

And so I can imagine what the original Fla. Indians and Seminoles must have went thru, being systematically exterminated and run off their lands by the white European settlers. It's like the Florida cracker is in those shoes (moccasins) now. We're the ones getting shafted.

The Rethugs have been moving into the state en masse for decades now, tilting the political machine to their advantage. Often it's simply accomplished by outright fraud with blackbox voting machines during elections. In other cases, they use lots of money to get people to work for their agenda.

But no one on their side cares what kind of ecological damage that will happen in the Everglades, to say nothing of the blatant illegality of the whole thing.

There's still hope that some Democrats can hang on for the time being. Like Sen. Bill Nelson. But unless someone of his calibre can replace him in the future, we have a very dismal future indeed.

...I think a bunch of these snow birds live in my neighborhood...