In Florida, voters must decide to ban offshore drilling and cigs E-Cigs

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As the nation prepares for the mid-term elections and the battle for congressional control, citizens will also vote on various national and local referendums that address compelling and vital issues. Some of these referendums, such as allowing the voting rights of convicted criminals, are simple. And some are not.

Some of the problems with which voters will be grappling on Tuesday will turn out to be amalgams of problems that are totally independent of each other. In Florida, where the senator and governor's run is extremely tight, voters will also consider no less than 13 constitutional referendums.

A referendum asks voters to determine both the future of offshore drilling in Florida waters and that of vapers in enclosed interior workspaces. In other words, your vote on offshore drilling is tied to your vote on vaping in the interior. Your opinion on whether you want this cabin hipster at the end of the hallway to vape at work is somehow related to your opinion of whether the state should ban drilling at sea.

If you live in Florida and you vote yes, you vote in favor of a ban on the exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas from offshore state waters. But if you vote yes, you also vote to ban vaping in closed indoor workplaces (with exceptions) and to allow municipalities to make more restrictive anti-vaping orders. These two questions are completely independent and should never have been together.

What should a hipster environmentalist of about twenty men do if he likes to run out of steam in the break room but hates the idea of ​​using fossil fuels? Or, what does the capitalist "drill-drill-drill" project propose if it loves to exploit America's natural resources but really wants the government to force its boss to stop blowing his electronic tropic berry cigarette around his desk? ?

A judge from Leon County threw this strange bundle of unrelated issues in early September, but the state quickly appealed. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that electronic cigarettes and oil drilling could stay together on the ballot. So there will be no way to determine what the people of Florida really want in terms of drilling or vaping.

In one way or another, Florida has found a way to link two disparate problems. Regardless of the outcome, look no further than Tuesday's election to solve the problem of what people want from vaping or drilling at sea. The e-cigarette industry is expected to account for 61.4 billion dollars by 2025 and, of course, the oil industry is much bigger. Do not expect Tuesday's referendum to settle the debate on one or the other issue.

"> Do you want to go to the office? In Florida, it's better to be a fan of fossil fuels.

As the nation prepares for the mid-term elections and the battle for congressional control, citizens will also vote on various national and local referendums that address compelling and vital issues. Some of these referendums, such as allowing the voting rights of convicted criminals, are simple. And some are not.

Some of the problems with which voters will be grappling on Tuesday will turn out to be amalgams of problems that are totally independent of each other. In Florida, where the senator and governor's run is extremely tight, voters will also consider no less than 13 constitutional referendums.

A referendum asks voters to determine both the future of offshore drilling in Florida waters and that of vapers in enclosed interior workspaces. In other words, your vote on offshore drilling is tied to your vote on vaping in the interior. Your opinion on whether you want this cabin hipster at the end of the hallway to vape at work is somehow related to your opinion of whether the state should ban drilling at sea.

If you live in Florida and you vote yes, you vote in favor of a ban on the exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas from offshore state waters. But if you vote yes, you also vote to ban vaping in closed indoor workplaces (with exceptions) and to allow municipalities to make more restrictive anti-vaping orders. These two questions are completely independent and should never have been together.

What should a hipster environmentalist of about twenty men do if he likes to run out of steam in the break room but hates the idea of ​​using fossil fuels? Or, what does the capitalist "drill-drill-drill" project propose if it loves to exploit America's natural resources but really wants the government to force its boss to stop blowing his electronic tropic berry cigarette around his desk? ?

A judge from Leon County threw this strange bundle of unrelated issues in early September, but the state quickly appealed. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that electronic cigarettes and oil drilling could stay together on the ballot. So there will be no way to determine what the people of Florida really want in terms of drilling or vaping.

In one way or another, Florida has found a way to link two disparate problems. Regardless of the outcome, look no further than Tuesday's election to solve the problem of what people want from vaping or drilling at sea. The e-cigarette industry is expected to account for 61.4 billion dollars by 2025 and, of course, the oil industry is much bigger. Do not expect Tuesday's referendum to settle the debate on one or the other issue.