We started to get some feel this week as to how at least one of those issues is going to break.  If you read last week's MZD2 Newsletter you saw that I advocated for domestic oil exploration, reasoning that if we could do a pristine job of building the Alaska Pipeline in the 1970's we could certainly do equally well today.  During a mid-week TV interview our current Rep was emphatic that the ecologies of ANWR, the Bakken Fields in the Dakotas, and the Gulf of Florida are too fragile to survive exploration and production efforts.

 

So The Other Guy is determined to protect our undeveloped habitat, even at the cost of the prosperity of his own constituents.  As I have said many times, he has few shared experiences with the people of the Second District so he probably doesn't understand the impact that's going to have on their jobs, their homes, and their local government services.

 

I'm not suggesting we trash the wilderness.  I'm simply having faith that if we establish performance objectives for the critical work of making us self-sufficient in crude oil production we can do that job without screwing up the environment.  Think about that when you go into the voting booth.

 

The next time my opponent absent mindedly brushes something away from his ear it might not be a fly but the growing Buzz from this Campaign gaining momentum.  His inattention could just leave him sitting in the shadows.

In the month ahead we plan a series of Fun events and Fund Raising events to build on the Buzz we've already gotten started.  Right now we are compiling lists and working with key supporters to lock down dates and some of the most spectacular locations in all of Rhode Island.  During the month I hope to see many of you at one or more of these gatherings.  Certainly we need your financial support but in a sense we need your emotional support, your political support, and your endorsement even more.

 

Please tell your own Friends & Neighbors!