FORT MYERS, Fla. Sen. Bill Nelson will speak Tuesday about the impacts of offshore drilling and its effect on Southwest Florida’s waterways.
Nelson’s meeting with community leaders will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the small conference room on the second floor of the base operations building at Page Field.
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