Heads Up Central East Coast

In a major shift in U.S. policy, President Obama is expected to open the door to oil and gas drilling in parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Interior Department is poised to release as early as Tuesday a five-year lease plan that would allow drilling in the mid- and south-Atlantic off the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia.

  The Hill

But not Florida, of course.

The Wall Street Journal reports leases off the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas are expected to make it into the plan.

The plan would not allow drilling in waters near Florida, Delaware or Maryland, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.

It would also allow drilling in some Arctic waters and areas along the West Coast.

But not where people live whose money matters in elections.

And those of you in the areas that obviously don't matter, you might want to ask the people in Gulf Coast cities what it's like.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.