Posted: July 08, 2010

On May 6th, I stood on St. Pete Beach alongside my friend Rep. Keith Fitzgerald , a Democrat from Sarasota, and urged Governor Charlie Crist to call a special session of the Florida Legislature so that we could pass a resolution constitutionally banning oil exploration and drilling from Florida’s territorial waters. Such a resolution will then empower Florida’s voters come November, when they can vote to put the language into our constitution. For the sake of our beautiful state, its economy, environment, and our way of life, I am very pleased that Gov. Crist has heeded our call by announcing a July 20-23 session in Tallahassee, where we intend to present the very language we drafted and announced two months ago.

I strongly believe that placing amendments into our constitution ought to be a rare and special occurrence. This is such a time.