In the final weeks of the 2009 Regular Legislative Session, a shadowy group of oilmen tried to rush a sweetheart deal through the Florida Legislature, reversing Florida's decades-old ban on oil and gas drilling in nearshore waters. While the Senate refused to take up the bill in April, the oilmen are still at it - spending millions on campaign contributions, public relations and lobbying - all in the hopes of siting drilling rigs in state waters: three miles off Florida's Atlantic coast and ten miles off its Gulf beaches. Nearshore drilling is emerging as the defining issue of the coming legislative session. Simply put, it's bad business for Florida.