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Update - Special session adjourned with no vote.

 

Today, July 20th in a special session called by Governor Crist:

The House voted "YES"...to go home after arriving at the Capitol.

No constitutional amendment banning oil drilling in State waters will be on the ballot allowing voters to have their say forever banning oil drilling in State waters. 

"The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives just killed the attempt to place constitutional ban on oil drilling on ballot.  We have Republican leadership and local elected officials who represent Big Oil and will continue to champion the cause of Big Oil to the detriment of our State."

 

Democrat and Destin attorney David Pleat qualified for the Florida House District Seven seat in Tallahassee

 

Posted: 8:56 PM Jun 15, 2010 - wjhg.com

Political candidate qualifying continued Tuesday both here and in Tallahassee.

Democrat and Destin attorney David Pleat qualified for the Florida House District Seven seat in Tallahassee. The seat is currently held by Republican Marti Coley who has not yet qualified.

Two more Bay County School Board hopefuls also qualified. Joe Wayne Walker will be on the ballot for the District One School Board post.

School Board District Five incumbent Donna Allen also qualified to run for another term.

And Republican Dan Estes qualified in that crowded seven-candidate District Four County Commission race.

Qualifying continues through Noon this Friday. Election day is August 24th with early voting begining August 9th.

 

The Arsonist Puts Out The Fire

 

OP / ED

It has now been over one month since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig catastrophe began.  We have been left with profound uncertainty as to the future of our coastal life, the health of the Gulf of Mexico and the struggle to maintain our way of life and economy.  Times like these allow our leaders to step up and seize the moment and lead us through the process of solving the problem and using the moment in time to reach to bold new and better places for our Country.  Regrettably, there has been very little such leadership as this event has unfolded.

I am left to ponder the fact that under Florida Statute § 403.161, anybody who would deposit their automobile’s motor oil in the Gulf of Mexico would be subject to penalties as serious as a third degree felony and fines of more than $50,000.00 and the possibility of imprisonment for five years, or both.

Here we have a foreign corporation who has already poisoned 20% of the Gulf of Mexico and one is left to wonder whether those who allowed the unconscionable lease rights at this depth without having adequate safeguards in place and whether those representatives of the company who gambled with our future, our economy and our natural resource, will be held criminally responsible for their dereliction of duty and malfeasance. Read more>>

Crist vetoes Senate Bill 6

 

Gov. Crist vetoes SB6 which was opposed by so many teachers, administrators and parents.

Thank you Governor for listening to your State.

SB6 Passes House 64 to 55 - Marti Coley Votes in Favor

 

Senate Bill 6 (The Teacher / Public School Attack Bill) passes the House 64 to 55.  My opponent, Marti Coley, defies District 7 teachers and administrators and votes “yes” in favor of the Bill.  The Bill now goes to Governor Crist next to sign into law or to veto.

“I am profoundly disappointed that the majority of our elected officials have decided to undermine our public schools and create a hostile work environment for our teachers.  I am particularly disappointed that our District 7 Representative, Marti Coley, a former teacher, voted in favor of this Bill.”

David B. Pleat
Candidate, District 7 House of Representatives

18,000 gallons of crude oil spill into wildlife refuge

 

Reuters
updated 5:48 p.m. CT, Tues., April 6, 2010

HOUSTON - An oil pipeline operated by ChevronPipe Line Co leaked at least 18,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

No wildlife covered with, or affected by oil had been found Tuesday afternoon, but the exact environmental impact remained undetermined, a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife said.

The leak, discovered by a contractor shortly after midnight, discharged into a canal 10 miles southeast of Venice, and investigative and cleanup teams were on scene, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

A barge working for Exxon Mobil Corp was driving long pipes called "spuds" to anchor the barge in place, and one may have hit the pipeline operated by Chevron, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

Chevron shut down the affected section of pipeline and started efforts to minimize environmental impact, said a news release issued by Chevron, the Coast Guard and state of Louisiana. Read more>>

Marti Coley, voted last week in favor of Senate Bill 6 out of a House policy committee.

 

Our current District 7 Representative and my opponent, Marti Coley, voted last week in favor of Senate Bill 6 (attack on public education bill) out of a House policy committee.  The House is poised to vote on its version of SB 6 in the form of House Bill 7189.  You must see the youtube piece in the link below which was made by three parents and succinctly reviews the destructive intent of SB6 and its ramifications. 

Watch the youtube video>>

News Herald investigates Marti Coley

 

The Panama City News Herald investigates my opponent, Marti Coley, regarding State funding for her employer, Chipola College - Read the story.

Read the 3/23/10 Editorial from the News Herald

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