Put it to a vote: Should Florida allow oil drilling within 10 miles of its shores?
Save Our Seas, Beaches and Shores has an even better idea. Put it in the state constitution.
The non-profit organization operating from the offices of the Florida Wildlife Federation in Tallahassee is collecting signatures to do just that. (Surfrider is a coalition member)
It needs 678,811 signatures by Feb. 1, 2012, to force a referendum in the November 2012 general election. So far, it’s gotten about 4,000 through its website at http://sosbs.org/Home.aspx.
Read more: http://ericernstsblog.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10099/sign-up-now-to-vote-on-oil-wells/
