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"Gov. Crist's actions to offer free fishing this weekend and next will do wonders for our business communities that have been suffering cancellations since the oil spill started," Barreto said in a statement. "We aren't experiencing any oil impacts here, and the fact remains that Florida is open for business."

Mayor Larry Vaughn- "We are open for business. Go for a swim"

Yes- this sounds just like JAWS, and the Mayor of Amity Island, is telling Police Chief Brody, to take his wife out into the water so that the July 4th tourists can see that there really isn't a killer shark out there swimming around eating people. We need Captain Quint and his boat Orca to do something, and they are still in port. If I was a tourist who had planned a Florida fishing trip, a free pass on the license wouldn't get me to change my mind one way or the other. Why not just say-  kids eat free at IHOP on every third Tuesday of the month ?

These people we elect are useless. The governor should be involved with creating a solution to plug the hole. Yet we get - tourists fish free for two weekends,

Thank gawd this didn't happen up there is that pristine wilderness area called ANWAR. Two dozen very cold caribou would be furious with us right now.