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The Blog for Thursday, July 28, 2005

"Jeb!" Asleep at the Wheel, Then Sells Out

    "The governor said Wednesday he was caught off guard by a White House attempt to move Florida's offshore boundaries eastward, to allow oil drilling closer to the coast." "Jeb pushes for no-drilling buffer".

    In the meantime, "Jeb!"'s CYA attempt - a 100 mile buffer - is meeting the contempt it deserves:
    Critics said Gov. Jeb Bush's pledge to seek a pact with the White House to create a buffer around Florida is a ruse designed to appear victorious in the face of an oil industry coup.
    "Bush vows he'll seek drilling pact". As for "Jeb!"'s "buffer" idea, well ...
    "That's a complete retrenchment" said Dan McLaughlin, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the Florida Democrat who has led the fight against the administration's push for new energy development in the Gulf.

    "A 100-mile buffer off the Gulf Coast of Florida would probably be the biggest sellout in modern state history," he said. "It would give up the entire Eastern Planning Area."
    First "Jeb!" is asleep at the wheel - "caught off guard" - and now he wants to engage in "the biggest sellout in modern state history".

    Editorial: When you elect oil industry hacks like Bush and Cheney, what you get us "Not good enough" ("The plan's lowlights include provisions that would increase pressure for oil drilling in protected waters off Florida's coast and dump billions of dollars in tax breaks and other giveaways on traditional fossil-fuel producers.")

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