Ben Drillin Franklin below ... link to a very scary Halloween costume: Ben Printn Franklin and STIMULUS ADJUSTED CURRENCY  

  

"Pixies can't power Florida -- so let's drill

Mike Thomas | COMMENTARY June 14, 2009 is a fine article. Tax Tea Party Rating: Five Tricorn Hats  .  Good work Mike Thomas."   Pace

  

"Pixies can't power Florida -- so let's drill

Mike Thomas | COMMENTARY June 14, 2009 is a fine article. Tax Tea Party Rating: Five Tricorn Hats  .  Good work Mike Thomas."   Pace

 

  

"Pixies can't power Florida -- so let's drill

Mike Thomas | COMMENTARY June 14, 2009 is a fine article. Tax Tea Party Rating: Five Tricorn Hats  .  Good work Mike Thomas."   Pace

 

 

  

"Pixies can't power Florida -- so let's drill

Mike Thomas | COMMENTARY June 14, 2009 is a fine article. Tax Tea Party Rating: Five Tricorn Hats  .  Good work Mike Thomas."   Pace

 

 

 

 

Senator Bill Nelson

US Court House Annex, 111 North Adams Street

Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Phone: 850.942.8415 Fax: 850.942.8450 Faxed: June 14, 2009  1 of 7 pages PAA

 

Re: FLORIDA OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING, meeting at your office tomorrow and the

 

American Thinker, April 28, 2009 Offshore Oil Drilling: An Environmental Bonanza , attached

 

Dear Senator Nelson,

Thank you for inviting the public to your Tallahassee office tomorrow at 10 a.m. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about offshore oil drilling. I hope you will read the above article and address it’s accuracy and the merits of the other suggestions provided by me in this letter.

According to news reports you have said, “We have to kill this attempt by big oil to come in and hurt national security, trash our beaches and trash our economy.” News reports have correctly reported that as “Ben ‘Drillin Franklin” and a representative of www.floridaoil.org, I am promoting:

 

(1) Education about safe oil drilling. Example: The American Thinker article. I don’t think the oil industry will trash beaches and our economy. Do you think big oil has trashed the beaches and economy of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and California? Those states seem to have some great beaches and oil industry too.

 

(2) By constitutional amendment, by statute or by “otherwise” to extend Florida’s Gulf of Mexico seaward boundaries. Submerged Lands Act, Sec. 1312 attached. As Professor William Vandercreek (www.melfisher.org/vandercreek) said in one news report, “There seems to be an open door.” Please research this matter and assist www.floridaoil.org establish more territory for the people of Florida. Will you support an amendment, a statute or Governor’s Executive Order to extend Florida’s seaward boundaries? Will you support reaffirming Florida’s 10^th Amendment rights? See the http://thepatrickhenrycaucus.com/

 

(3) Education about national security factors. On July 4, at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, citizens will sign the Declaration of Independence from Foreign Oil. A draft of the Declaration is at my website: www.taxteaparty.com/floridaoil The military can cooperate with oil and gas, fishing, cruise boat and other Gulf activities. It appears that the better argument is that our national security will be helped by oil drilling. News reports have correctly quoted me, “It’s time for energy independence.” Will you sign the Declaration?

 

(4) Demanding the federal government share profits from oil leases. Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA tried to get the states 37.5% of the revenue. Why haven’t you demanded that Florida citizens share in the oil revenue?

 

(5) Florida should set up an Oil Revenue Trust Fund and make annual distributions to Florida Citizens like Alaska does.

 

(6) Benjamin Franklin believed elected officials in a republic should not be paid. He refused to accept

compensation. He set up a small business loan trust fund with his salary as president of Pennsylvania. At the bicentennial of Dr. Franklin’s death, his small business trust funds totaled over $6,500,000. Why don’t you follow the example of Benjamin Franklin and set up such a fund see pages 712-713 attached.

 

I’m not big oil. Floridaoil.org is not big oil. We’re simply folks who are very concerned about our country and our state. I look forward to hearing what you have to say tomorrow: Tallahassee - 10 a.m., Panama City - 1 p.m., Pensacola - 3 p.m.

 

With respect,

Pace Allen, Jr.　

Pace Allen, Tallahassee attorney, Tallahassee native, Certified Public Accountant

former chairman - Tallahassee Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Founder www.taxteaparty.com in 2007, Join Your Local July 4^th Tea Party !

Join 2,000 folks sing God Bless American at Florida’s Capitol, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2J9Jj7b2Y

 

 

104 West 5^th Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32303 Phone: 850.556.0709 Email: pace@paceallen.us

 

My favorite "Oil Links":

Offshore Oil Drilling: An Environmental Bonanza, American Thinker 

Ben Drillin Franklin WCTV, June 4, 2009

Governor Crist,

 

Sign the Declaration of Independence from Foreign Oil at the Tallahassee Independence Day Tea Party

 

 

"It's time to tap Florida Oil to help our environment, national security, the economy and tourism. Go to www.floridaoil.org from more information. Thank you Senator Ronda Storms for meeting with Don Baldoff and our group of 18 on April 15 prior to the Tallahassee Tea Party. Florida citizens should not have to drive to Louisiana to work in the oil industry. Thank you, Rep. Dean Cannon, Dave Mica and Barney Bishop.  Texas funds education with trust funded offshore leases. Benjamin Franklin trust funded his compensation as President of Penn. for education and small business development. Why can't Florida do it too? Tap Florida oil now for education and small business development!"  Pace

 

Thank you Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda for your vote and article.  Thank you DeVoe Moore for your article, "To rebuild, America must build something." Let's drill for Dakota Oil too! Pace 

 

Interview 04/23/09 with Don Baldoff, founder www.floridaoil.org 

 

Thank you Don Baldoff for attending the Capitol Tea Party, April 15, 2009, our planning meeting at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum and for producing and directing our entry in the Tallahassee Film Festival, The First American, "Benjamin Franklin [Capitalism] Held Hostage in Tallahassee.  Pace 

 

 

"Go to the following link to sign the Declaration of American Independence from Foreign Oil. We are working on the language for the Florida Constitutional Amendment to claim additional territory for Florida under The Submerged Lands Act." Pace

http://www.americansforamericanenergy.org/sign+the+declaration.aspx

 

To CONGRESS
JULY 4, 2009

A unanimous Declaration from the 50 united States of America.

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for a people to dissolve their dependence on foreign oil and force Congress to act to defend America by allowing environmentally sound development of the natural resources that God established in this country for the betterment of all Americans.

We hold these truths to be self-evident that Americans have suffered long enough and that Americans should not be dependent on foreign dictators like Hugo Chavez or any other dictator or nation that supports terror groups. Americans have the need for energy independence to secure the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Congress should end the tyrannical rule over our nation by hostile foreign nations by encouraging more production of American energy from all of America's bountiful resources. To prove this, let these facts be aired to the People:

~ Congress has refused to enact laws necessary for American Energy Independence and Security;

~ Congress' hostility toward American-made energy has driven prices higher for gasoline, food, home heating fuel and the basic necessities of life, levying the heaviest burden on the poor and preventing them from exercising their own fundamental civil rights;

~ Congress' failure to act is costing America jobs, its technological edge and a highly trained work force for the future; and

~ Congress' determination to keep America dependent on foreign energy is putting resources into the hands of terror groups that hate our nation and try to kill Americans.

We, therefore, as citizens of the United States of America, petition Congress to enact laws and declare our nation one of energy independent and secure states, free from allegiance to foreign oil. As citizens and representatives of government, we call upon Congress to act now by enacting a comprehensive program, the Americans for American Energy Act.

And for the support of this Declaration, with a view toward firm reliance on our nation's abundant resources, we refuse to sacrifice our jobs, our economy, our recreation, and our children's futures for lack of a domestic energy policy.

 

Signed,

 

 

 

Submerged Lands Act

 

§ 1312. Seaward boundaries of States
The seaward boundary of each original coastal State is hereby approved and confirmed as a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line or, in the case of the Great Lakes, to the international boundary. Any State admitted subsequent to the formation of the Union which has not already done so may extend its seaward boundaries to a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line, or to the international boundaries of the United States in the Great Lakes or any other body of water traversed by such boundaries. Any claim heretofore or hereafter asserted either by constitutional provision, statute, or otherwise, indicating the intent of a State so to extend its boundaries is hereby approved and confirmed, without prejudice to its claim, if any it has, that its boundaries extend beyond that line. Nothing in this section is to be construed as questioning or in any manner prejudicing the existence of any State's seaward boundary beyond
three geographical miles if it was so provided by its constitution or laws prior to or at the
time such State became a member of the Union, or if it has been heretofore approved by Congress.
 
 
 
§ 1336. Controversies over jurisdiction; agreements; payments; final settlement or adjudication; approval of notice concerning oil and gas operations in Gulf of Mexico
In the event of a controversy between the United States and a State as to whether or not lands are subject to the provisions of this Act, the Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 6 of this Act [43 USC § 1335(a) and (b)], and with the concurrence of the Attorney General of the United States, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the State, its political subdivision
or grantee or a lessee thereof, respecting operations under existing mineral leases and payment and impounding of rents, royalties, and other sums payable thereunder, or with the State, its political subdivision or grantee, respecting the issuance or nonissuance of new mineral leases pending the settlement or adjudication of the controversy. The authorization contained in the preceding sentence of this section shall not be construed to be a limitation upon the authority conferred on the Secretary in other sections of this
Act. Payments made pursuant to such agreement, or pursuant to any stipulation between the United States and a State, shall be considered as compliance with section 6(a)(4) hereof [43 USC § 1335(a)(4)]. Upon the termination of such agreement or stipulation be reason of the final settlement or adjudication of such controversy, if the lands subject to any mineral lease are determined to be in whole or in part lands subject to the provisions of this Act, the lessee, if he has not already done so, shall comply with the requirements
of section 6(a) [43 USC § 1335(a)], and thereupon the provisions of section 6(b) [43 USC § 1335(b)] shall govern such lease. The notice concerning "Oil and Gas Operations in the Submerged Coastal Lands of the Gulf of Mexico" issued by the Secretary on December 11, 1950 (15 F. R. 8835), as amended by the notice dated January 26, 1951 (16 F. R. 953), and as supplemented by the notices dated February 2, 1951 (16 F. R. 1203), March 5, 1951 (16 F. R. 2195), April 23, 1951 (16 F. R. 3623), June 25, 1951 (16 F. R. 6404), August 22, 1951 (16 F. R. 8720), October 24, 1951 (16 F. R. 10998), December 21,
1951 (17 F. R. 43), March 25, 1952 (17 F. R. 2821), June 26, 1952 (17 F. R. 5833), and December 24, 1952 (18 F. R. 48), respectively, is hereby approved and confirmed.

 

FloridaOil.org

“Freedom Favors the Bold”

For more information: Don Baldauf

941-538-8547  Don@FloridaOil.org

Florida Oil.org Seeks to Exercise “Territorial Submerged Lands” Act
First Step in Responsible Drilling to Secure Foreign Oil Independence

 

The first step in introducing Florida State Constitutional Amendment for the 2010 ballot, with the release of information regarding legal precedents allowing a state sovereignty over its coastal waters. 

 

“In passing the Submerged Lands Act, Congress sought to return the title to submerged lands to the states and promote the exploration and development of petroleum deposits in coastal waters,” said Don Baldauf, chairman of FloridaOil.org.

 

“Because activities in the waters surrounding the State of Florida have a substantially greater impact on the state rather than the interior territories of the country, the people of the State of Florida can exercise their right to greater controls of submerged territories, according to federal law,” said Baldauf.

 

FloridaOil.org plans to claim as ‘Territorial Submerged Lands’ for the State of Florida those submerged lands extending out to 125 miles from the Florida Coast, with the exception when that would interfere with territory of another sovereign nation, at which point the distance would be half the distance to that other nation,.

 

Background on the Submerged Lands Act (SLA), Citation: 43 U.S.C. §§1301-1315 (2002).

The Submerged Lands Act was enacted in response to litigation that effectively transferred ownership of the first three miles of a state’s coastal submerged lands to the federal government. In the case United States v. California (1947), the United States successfully argued that the three nautical miles seaward of California belonged to the federal government, primarily finding that the federal government’s responsibility for the defense of the marginal seas and the conduction of foreign relations outweighed the interests of the individual states.

 

--more--

In response, Congress adopted the SLA in 1953, granting title to the natural resources located within three miles of their coastline (three marine leagues for Texas and the Gulf coast of Florida). For purposes of the SLA, the term “natural resources” includes oil, gas, and all other minerals.

 

“Texas exercised the SLA and as a result…..”said Baldauf.

 

Title II addresses the rights and claims by the States to the lands and resources beneath navigable waters within their historic boundaries and provides for their development by the States. Title III preserves the control of the seabed and resources therein of the Outer Continental Shelf beyond State boundaries and to the federal government and authorizes leasing by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with certain specified terms and conditions 

 

The SLA was upheld in 1954 by the U.S. Supreme Court (Alabama v. Texas) emphasizing that Congress could relinquish to the states the federal government's property rights over the submerged lands without interfering with U.S. national sovereign interests.

 

About FloridaOil.org

FloridaOil.org is a grassroots organization, founded and operated by Florida citizens interested in ensuring that American’s are not dependent on foreign oil.  FloridaOil.org will be introducing two constitutional amendments on the ballot in Florida. The first will require the state to issue leases to U.S. Companies to drill and recover the oil in the Gulf of Mexico, in the 25 – 125 mile range, for U.S. Domestic use only. The second will require the state to permit and promote the building of at least one new refinery in the State of Florida. For more information, visit www.FloridaOil.org

 

DRAFT AMENDMENT A #_______

AMENDMENT #______: 

Reference: Article ______ section ____

Summary: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution where by The State of Florida claims ownership of Gulf of Mexico submerged lands out to 125 miles as provided by the Submerged Lands Act, Sec. 1312

 

DRAFT AMENDMENT B #_______

AMENDMENT #______: 

Reference: Article ______ section ____

Summary: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution requiring the State of Florida to issue certain oil leases. 

 

DRAFT AMENDMENT C #_______

AMENDMENT #______: 

Reference: Article ______ section ____

Summary: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution requiring the State of Florida to permit the building of at least one new oil refinery in the State of Florida within the next twelve months.

 

"Governor Crist and Florida legislators, please help research and write the Constitutional Amendment that will allow the State of Florida to claim submerged lands under the Submerged Lands Act and help make America enegery independent."  Pace