Chrissy Geihs
farm cashier
“I’ve opposed offshore drilling from the start. It’s unsafe; a bad idea.”
Lena Anderson
retired French teacher
“I’ve always questioned it but now I’m extremely leery and I don’t want any drilling in California.”
Tracy Colvin
bank IT manager
“No, my opinion is the same: We should find another source of energy that is less destructive.”
Jerry Mapson
retired store interior designer
“Yes, my view is 100 percent different than a month ago. I’ve always lived in California by the beach. I didn’t mind the platforms in Santa Barbara, but now I understand there’s plenty of oil in the ground that could be extracted instead of drilling offshore.”
This article appears in May 20-27, 2010.