Senator conducts “ mini town hall meeting” during presentation to City of Marianna officials.
By Sid Riley
Senator Bill Nelson stimulated most of those in attendance at the special presentation he made inside the fire station bay while he was in Marianna last Thursday. He stimulated the City of Marianna officials by presenting the city with a stimulus fund check for $100,000 which when combined with a $216,000 low interest loan enabled the City to purchase a shiny, new fire truck and two shiny, speedy new EMT vehicles.
Along with the presentation of the check, Senator Nelson took time to mentally stimulate the crowd by conducting a mini-town hall meeting with those in attendance. Nelson answered questions from the crowd for approximately forty-five minutes, while standing in the uncomfortably warm fire truck bay. He discussed the proposed medical plan, stating that the existing plan will have to undergo significant modifications before it could pass the Senate. He also gave a detailed description as to why he opposes drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, over a broad area of this water. He feels that since this area is a primary training area for our air force flyers to practice with live munitions, that the benefit to our military overrides the benefit from drilling.
He also discussed “Cap and Trade” along with his doctrines on global warming. He feels man has been a primary contributor to the CO2 emissions, and those emissions are a major cause of the warming. Other scientific theories would dispute those causes, believing that solar influences are creating the warming.
As Nelson spoke, a sign bearing band of concerned citizens from the tea party initiative stood outside and in the doorway of the bay. They held their signs proudly, but were quiet and respectful of the Senator and his need to speak to the crowd.
It was a meaningful, mutually respectful question and answer session. Most of those in attendance left the encounter feeling they had been listened to and had also learned from their time with the Senator.
At the end of the session, Senator Nelson climbed into a Marianna Fire Truck, and was whisked away to Station #2, where his car was waiting to take him to Panama City. He had already spoken at similar meetings in several panhandle communities on his way to Marianna.
Senator Bill Nelson stimulated most of those in attendance at the special presentation he made inside the fire station bay while he was in Marianna last Thursday. He stimulated the City of Marianna officials by presenting the city with a stimulus fund check for $100,000 which when combined with a $216,000 low interest loan enabled the City to purchase a shiny, new fire truck and two shiny, speedy new EMT vehicles.
Along with the presentation of the check, Senator Nelson took time to mentally stimulate the crowd by conducting a mini-town hall meeting with those in attendance. Nelson answered questions from the crowd for approximately forty-five minutes, while standing in the uncomfortably warm fire truck bay. He discussed the proposed medical plan, stating that the existing plan will have to undergo significant modifications before it could pass the Senate. He also gave a detailed description as to why he opposes drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, over a broad area of this water. He feels that since this area is a primary training area for our air force flyers to practice with live munitions, that the benefit to our military overrides the benefit from drilling.
He also discussed “Cap and Trade” along with his doctrines on global warming. He feels man has been a primary contributor to the CO2 emissions, and those emissions are a major cause of the warming. Other scientific theories would dispute those causes, believing that solar influences are creating the warming.
As Nelson spoke, a sign bearing band of concerned citizens from the tea party initiative stood outside and in the doorway of the bay. They held their signs proudly, but were quiet and respectful of the Senator and his need to speak to the crowd.
It was a meaningful, mutually respectful question and answer session. Most of those in attendance left the encounter feeling they had been listened to and had also learned from their time with the Senator.
At the end of the session, Senator Nelson climbed into a Marianna Fire Truck, and was whisked away to Station #2, where his car was waiting to take him to Panama City. He had already spoken at similar meetings in several panhandle communities on his way to Marianna.
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