It's not so easy for Martinez to be green (Bush-supported Fl. senator)

It's not so easy for Martinez to be green
Published March 20, 2005

It's not so easy for Martinez to be green
Mar 20, 2005

.....Back then, Martinez was desperate to appeal to a wide base of voters. So he cast himself as the environmentalist in the race -- and convinced some of the greenest greenies in town that he was sincere.

One of his campaign fliers even featured Martinez clasping hands with Carter and Pritchard under the headline: "Mel Martinez has a plan to protect our environment!"
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Last week, Martinez toed the White House line in casting a pivotal vote to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
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For his part, Martinez said he hoped the move would decrease the nation's dependency on foreign oil and only minimally impact the region's fragile ecosystem. At the same time, he secured a deal to delay drilling in Florida's Gulf Coast.
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also, from same column:

Congressman Tom Feeney has made national news recently for being involved in an ethics stink about a trip to Scotland he took that apparently was funded by a lobbyist, which would break congressional rules. In completely unrelated news, Feeney's recent congressional newsletter offered to help constituents "plan your next trip to our nation's capital." You have to figure he knows how to travel cheap.
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