Sun, 07/27/2008 - 12:09 —
Michael Nystrom
It looks like we're not the only ones dissatisfied with Ed Markey. The following letter comes from Wicked Local, Medford:
To the editor:
It is fascinating that the Democrats, who claim they are the “party of the people” and for the "little guy," have been the longest and most vociferous opponents of domestic drilling and additional nuclear power plants while the poor and disadvantaged whom they claim to champion are the ones to pay the heaviest price in unrelenting increased energy prices.
Unfortunately, our local representative in Congress, U.S. Congressman Edward Markey, has been one of the most outspoken against measures that would keep energy costs affordable for his constituents.
Edward Markey’s voting record on our energy needs speaks for itself. He voted for removing oil and gas exploration subsidies (January 2007); voted for keeping the moratorium on drilling for oil offshore (June 2006); voted against scheduling permitting for new refineries (June 2006); voted against authorizing construction of new oil refineries (October 2005); voted twice against the administration’s national energy policy (November 2003-June 2004); voted to preserve Alaska’s ANWAR instead of drilling it (February 2001) and for prohibiting oil drilling and development in ANWAR (August 2001).
Continue at Wicked Local:
