Oil drilling may be an issue that is still awaiting traction in the Legislature, largely because it's an election year, but don't tell Don Baldauf that.
Baldauf has oil fever. And, he's convinced he knows the answer to winning public support for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- the state simply declares all of the submerged lands extending 125 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico its own possession. Then, the state sets the boundary for permitted oil drilling at no nearer than 25 miles. Voila!
