While returning to research for updating a previous post series, Women in Politics, the following editorial was found. It provides a little light onto Dems, California and the energy situation in the US. Although some of the points have been expressed elsewhere, nonetheless, it is a good brief read. As we approach the November election and the Dems hold there convention in Denver, this item from the Lompoc Record is especially timely.
Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com
Why aren’t we drilling for more oil in Santa Barbara County?
Ask the Democrat movers and shakers on the South Coast. While you’re at it, ask the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Lois Capps and Senator’s Feinstein and Boxer and the entire California Democrat delegation.
Locally, on July 3, the Board of Supervisors at the urging of 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal placed an “emergency item” on the agenda “to consider opposing the opening of federal waters to oil drilling” after President Bush lifted a moratorium on offshore drilling.
Then, when it was learned that several well-informed citizens would speak on the issue, it was suddenly dropped from the agenda. My, that’s a brave move, but not unexpected in a political environment dominated by overanxious liberal environmental activists who favor shrill rhetoric over an objective analysis.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 3:16 pm and is filed under Public Affairs, Money Matters, wordpress, Politics, oil, disclosure, ethics, Pelosi, Sen Dianne Feinstein, Sen Barbara Boxer, Energy.
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