Oil!

Well not yet, but this just popped up on our Web site:

Whittier officials consider drilling for oil in them there hills
By Mike Sprague, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 03/12/2008 12:53:51 PM PDT

WHITTIER — With the price of oil tickling $110 a barrel, the city has visions of striking it rich in black gold.
City officials said Wednesday they are looking into the possibility of drilling for oil on city-owned land in the Whittier hills.
If — and officials emphasize that word — drilling would not harm the hills, Whittier could receive additional money, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars every year.
“We have a very promising thing for our community,” Councilman Joe Vinatieri said. “We have the opportunity to cement our revenue stream depending on how things pan out for a couple of generations to come.”
Officials now are working with Matrix Oil Co., which already has oil wells on Honolulu Terrace Drive.

Let’s hope they strike it rich.