Florida’s 44th governor, Charlie Crist and former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink will return to the state capitol on Wednesday, to join a bipartisan cadre of state legislators and concerned Floridians to announce their support for a constitutional ban on offshore oil drilling.
House Joint Resolution 383, if passed, would allow voters to decide if the Florida Constitution should be amended to permanently declare Florida an oil-free state.
Even though he called a special session last summer, Crist was rebuffed by the Republican-led Legislature in his request to put a proposed constitutional amendment to ban offshore oil drilling on last November’s ballot.
Gov. Rick Scott has said he supports offshore drilling if proper safeguards can be put in place.
