Santa Barbara County votes for offshore drilling

AP via SFGate ^ | 8/26/8 | NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a measure Tuesday to support offshore oil drilling, decades after an infamous 1969 oil spill coated the coastline and spawned the modern environmental movement.

While the board has no power to approve new drilling, officials debated for hours whether to send a letter asking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to change long-standing state policy and allow oil exploration and extraction in the county.

[SmithL]

So Drill Already!

[K-oneTexas]

Who Yelled “NIMBY?”

[Southack]

Drill Here!

Drill Now!

[originalbuckeye]

Arnold needs to wake up. Maria has waaaay too much influence here!

[markman46]

while they are at it they should get their Desal plant out of lockdown mode

[wk4bush2004]

Yes, drill, for goodness sakes!

Drill off of California!
Drill off the entire West Coast!
Drill off the entire Alaska Coast!
Drill off the entire Gulf of Mexico!
Drill off the entire East Coast!
Drill in the Outer-Continental Shelf!
Drill in ANWR!

DRILL DRILL DRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ancient Drive]

you it’s bad when Santa Barbara County calls for offshore drilling.. in their backyard! yup!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Arnold needs to wake up. Maria has waaaay too much influence here! "
Yeah Arnold, you don't want to be called " Girly Man " don't you ?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

you it’s bad when Santa Barbara County calls for offshore drilling.. in their backyard! yup!

If I recall my high school geology correctly, natural oil slicks are a problem on that part of the coast anyway. Save the whales! DRILL before the SPILL!

[TBP]

I wonder how liberals will try to spin this as an anti-drilling vote.