Jun 18 2008
Sanford Opposed to Offshore Drilling
Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said the governor would be open to “lifting the moratorium if states got to decide what happened next.” He said: “The states (must) get to decide what happens off their own coast.”
Sawyer said that Sanford recognizes the energy challenges facing Americans, “but we would certainly have some hesitation just based upon tourism and the natural beauty along the coast. We certainly wouldn’t want to do anything that would kill the goose that laid the golden egg.”
I agree with Sanford’s position that the states should decide what happens off of their shoreline, but I disagree with him on opposing the drilling. These oil rigs will be so far off the coast that nobody would be able to see them. This argument about oil drilling hurting tourism has been used by Florida Governor Charlie Crist as well, but it just doesn’t make sense to me.
