Thursday, May 25, 2006

That does simplify things

Gov. Bob Riley held a public hearing Wednesday in Mobile to solicit opinions on whether he should veto ConocoPhillips' plan to erect a liquefied natural gas terminal off Dauphin Island that would use billions of gallons of Gulf of Mexico water to reheat the frozen gas. Everyone in attendance was opposed. Riley's response: "All of you here today have made my decision much easier."