The column below, by Julie Hauserman, appeared in the Sunday, May 9, Perspective section of the St. Petersburg Times. I am sending it to two entities: Those that govern one of the smallest political parcels in America--The City of Anna Maria--and to the guy who heads up the largest, Mr. Obama.
The reasons are simple: 1 ) Our City Commission recently voted NOT to support the county's appeal to prohibit drilling close to our coast; and 2) Mr. Obama has succumbed to lean in the same direction.
All I ask of either is, after you read the column below, get your butt to Bean Point at sunset. Yes, Mr. President, you too. While there: Imagine the day, maybe soon, when you won't be able to walk barefoot on our beach; The day the gulls and terns and pelicans and sandpipers are only a memory; The day the sea oats are memorialised at the Mote Marine Laboratory; The day the toxic fumes reduced our bit of paradise to a ghost town; The day you wished the tourist traffic was bumper to bumper once again!
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
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