"Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders took turns Tuesday blasting each other for the ill-fated special session he called to get a constitutional amendment on November’s ballot to ban offshore oil-drilling in Florida waters.

But in the end, the truncated session – which expired in less than 2 ½-hours, rather than the four days called for by Crist – may actually serve the political purposes of most of the participants. Of course, efforts to help Floridians hurt by the economic and environmental damage caused by the oil spill were left to languish."

News Service of Florida had the story July 21, 2010.
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SEE ALSO:

"Florida's Crist Dealt Blow Over Offshore Drilling Ban" (NPR) [3]

"Distrust Hangs Heavy Over Special Session" (Florida Environments)
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