Thousands rally in Lafayete against moratorium on oil drilling

 

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Editor - “We don’t want a BP check. We don’t want an unemployment check. We want to go back to work,” Governor Bobby Jindal said on Wednesday in Lafayette, Louisiana, echoing the sentiment of thousands in the Gulf region on the oil drilling moratorium.

As announced less than two weeks ago in Green Heritage News, a rally took place in Lafayette at the Cajundome on Wednesday, as people came together to lend their voices to the protest against the moratorium on oil drilling.

People are worried about the loss of jobs.  The rally brought key politicians and numerous people in opposition to the Obama administration efforts to temporarily suspend deep-water drilling in the Gulf. 

The “Rally for Economic Survival” at the Cajundome attracted national media attention.

“It is time to quit punishing innocent American workers to achieve some unrealistic political agenda,” said Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle who was the master of ceremonies at the Lafayette rally. 

Gov. Bobby Jindal  spoke as did a number of politicians and business leaders in the Gulf region at the two-hour event that had been advertised widely through newspapers, radio announcements, newspapers and television as well as Facebook pages.

People came together to oppose the Obama administration for a temporary halt to deep-water drilling following the oil rig explosion that took place on April 21, unleashing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Only and handful of people were on hand outside the Cajundome in support of environmental causes, with a rally they called "Rally for Environmental and Economic Safety." 

The crowd cheered in agreement when Bobby Jindal said, “We’re in the middle of a war to defend our way of life,” Jindal said.  He said state officials and the people of Louisiana should not have to fight the federal government to defend their position and their jobs.

He said the people of Louisiana agree with the judge that said Obama's decision on the moratorium was "arbitrary and capricious."