Florida off shore oil drilling

Good morning all,

I’ve sent the below letter to my representatives, Senator Dennis L. Jones (R) and Representative Rick Kriseman (D).

You can easily find your elected lawmakers at : My Representatives

Please feel free to copy and paste any portion, or my letter in it’s entirety. I’ve left my home address out of this post intentionally but did include it in the email.

Thanks for any support you may lend.

Representative Kriseman,

During your upcoming legislative session, I urge you to dissuade any actions in support of off shore drilling within Florida waters. Take a trip to the shorelines of southern California or the northern Gulf region states where off shore drilling is active.

The hotels provide crude oil towelett’s to remove the stains from your feet for a reason.

Do we want this for our state? Would the profits by a select few offset the losses in tourism by many? Would increased oil company profits be worth this destruction?

There is absolutely no compelling argument showing where any oil recovered from along our coast would reduce our dependence from any foreign oil-producing nation. Nor would it lower the cost of processed fossil fuels to the average consumer.

Should our state feel a need to stick something in the Gulf waters of Florida, how about a wind farm? The water is shallow enough to support this. The power cables would be routed inshore directly benefiting the residents of this state. Any oil drilled here would not.

One day perhaps, we could plug our homes and cars into this renewable clean energy source while preserving our beaches and lifestyles for generations to come.

You were elected to represent the voice of the people, this voice. I trust you will support us in this matter.

Kind Regards,

Larry Annen

Past generations left this for us, is this the way we want to leave our beaches for our future?

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