Scott Receives Oil Spill Report
January 14th, 2011 by flanewsGovernor Rick Scott is open to drilling off Florida’s coast, if someone can convince him it can be done safely. He’s not yet convinced.
Today, former US Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham delivered a copy of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Report to Scott. Graham co-chaired a committee investigating the issue. After meeting with Graham for 30 minutes Scott told reporters he and the former governor see eye-to-eye on offshore drilling.
“Neither of us wants any drilling unless we are comfortable it’s going to be safe. We can’t afford the environmental damage or the economic damage to our state. So what I’ve said all along and I think Governor Graham also believes is, we’ve got to be very cautious,” said Scott.
Florida suffered the most financially from last April’s spill than any other Gulf state hit by the oil.
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