that bush, he know's where i stand..,.i want an oil rig right in my backyard , and a uranium mine to boot

June 10, 2002

Bolstering environmentalists' accusations of favoritism in Florida,

the Bush administration rejected on Friday a request by California

Gov. Gray Davis (D) that it buy back offshore drilling rights. On

May 29, President Bush announced a $235 million dollar buy-back of

Florida drilling rights, a move that was widely viewed as a favor

(and campaign contribution) to First Brother and Florida Gov. Jeb

Bush ®. The administration defended its decisions in part by

claiming that, " Florida opposes coastal drilling and California does

not. " Golden State residents are scratching their heads over that

statement, since in fact public sentiment in California has been dead

set against offshore drilling ever since a 1969 blowout of an oil

platform killed birds and marine life and despoiled beaches -- an

event that helped inspire the nation's first Earth Day and launch the

environmental movement. Californians feel pretty much the same way

now that they did then, so " It's fair to say that [interior]

Secretary [Gale] Norton is a half-century behind the times, " said

Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope.

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Kenneth R. Weiss, 08 Jun 2002

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