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Tue 17 Jun 2008 9:50
by Kevin McGehee
75° and fair
in Coweta County, GA
1 comment
[Coweta County]
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I think I must be unusually lucky in that I almost always manage to have an elected representative worthy of my respect.
Westmoreland said he was contacted by a constituent about a petition asking the U.S. Government to “drill here, and drill now” for oil. “I hope you will all go and sign that,“ Westmoreland said.
But it gave him an idea, and he’s drawn up a petition just for congressmen. Bills in Congress can become so convoluted that it can be hard to tell whether someone is for or against something.
But Westmoreland’s oil drill petition is very simple. The petition was rolled out last Thursday, Westmoreland said, and asks congressmen to sign if they support more land-based drilling, more offshore drilling, and more refineries.
At that, Westmoreland was met with thunderous applause by the crowd gathered in the community room at the Publix at Thomas Crossroads.
“That is as simple as it gets. So there is no wiggle room in there for anybody to say that they were for something or against something,“ Westmoreland said.» Lawmaker petitions Congress to drill for oil
Contact your member of Congress and tell him to sign Rep. Westmoreland’s petition.
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