Rick Scott Endorses Bachman Call To Drill In Glades, Then "Clarifies"; "Didn't Mean An Expansion"

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TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott found himself on both sides of the fence Tuesday when he told a Tallahassee audience that he supports oil drilling in the Everglades, then hours later issued a clarification that he didn't mean "an expansion of drilling." Scott's remarks to the Economics Club of Florida were prompted by an audience member who asked whether the governor agreed with Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann's call last week for oil drilling in the Everglades for "additional energy."

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"My suggestion to the governor is quite simple: Don't go there," said Kirk Fordham, chief executive of the Everglades Foundation, the nonprofit agency formed to advocate for protection of the state's River of Grass. "Unless Gov. Scott wants to unleash a firestorm of opposition from hunters, fishermen, conservationists and millions of Floridians who depend on the Everglades for their water supply, he should abandon any notion of encouraging drilling in this sacred place."

Within hours, the Governor's Office issued a clarification of his statement, retreating from any suggestion that Scott's remarks could be implied as supportive of additional drilling in the Everglades.

"Gov. Scott has not called for an expansion of drilling in the Everglades," said Amy Graham, deputy communications secretary. "That discussion is not on the table."

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article1190081.ece

[sakabatou]

1. Imbeciles.

[Javaman]

5. Love that word. It's completely accurate. nt

[DJ13]

2. Headline

"Baldy Backtracks"

[sinkingfeeling]

3. What an idiot!

[Mojorabbit]

4. Is there drilling now in the everglades?

I am in central fl and have not been to south fl in at least ten years.