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Oil Drilling Talk Continues

Expect some sparks as the House Select Policy Council on Strategic and Economic Planning hears results of a report by the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida on oil drilling in state waters. The commission’s report, a draft of which was released earlier this month, says the discovery of oil and natural gas near the state’s Gulf coast would have a negligible effect on gas prices or supply. Committee chairman Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, last year sponsored legislation to open up state waters to drilling. Monday, 3:15 p.m., 212 Knott Building, The Capitol. Watch the committee meeting live online.

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