Less than two weeks after Gov. Rick Scott took office, he met with former senator and former Gov. Bob Graham, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as co-chairman of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.

Graham is a long-time opponent of drilling off Florida's coast, and Scott was more open-minded about it during his campaign. The two men met for 35 minutes on Jan. 14, 2011, to discuss the commission's report on the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

As the oil gushed through the summer of 2010, Scott had stated on his campaign website:

"Rick will fight to ensure than any future offshore drilling does not negatively impact Florida's beaches. As we explore the expansion of domestic drilling in the U.S., we must ensure that we have sound policies in place that ensure the companies drilling are doing so in an environmentally sound way and adhering to the strictest of safety standards."

That's not a very detailed promise -- he vowed only to fight to make sure future offshore drilling doesn't hurt Florida's beaches. The second part of his promise is similarly vague -- politicians, bureaucrats, environmentalists and marine businesses may not agree about what constitutes "sound policies" to ensure environmentally safe drilling.

Here's what Naked Politics, a blog of the Miami Herald, said about their meeting:

"He (Scott) gave us some homework assignments, such as seeing if we could facilitate some of the financial transactions that are coming out of this matter," Graham said, after commending Scott for his knowledge of the issue. "I gave him some assignments relative to being the voice for the state of Florida, which was the most economically affected by this spill and therefore has the greatest interest in not having a repetition."

Scott also was quoted on the blog: "We're going to look over this. As you know, both of us care about this great state and we don't want any damage, either environmental or economic damage to happen any more. We want to make sure we are also treated fairly. One of the things we also talked about was how we need to make sure the great state of Florida was treated in this spill but most importantly to make sure this never happens again."

The blog continued quoting Scott:

"Neither of us wants any drilling unless we are very comfortable it's going to be safe. We can't afford the environmental damage or the economic damage to our state. So what I've said all along, and I think Gov. Graham also believes, we've got to be very cautious. One of the things about this report is making sure we know what the safeguards are."

We sent e-mails and made phone calls to Scott's press office to ask if Scott had taken any other steps toward his promise but we received no response. We also posed the same question to Dee Ann Miller, a spokesperson at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; she told us to contact Scott's press office.

Holding a meeting to discuss a report is only a baby step toward Scott's promise of protecting Florida's beaches -- it would be hard to imagine a new governor who wouldn't meet with a former governor to discuss such an important report.

Scott will have to delve much deeper if he wants to achieve his promise, but he has taken the initial step to show it's on his radar, that he intends to review the report, and to restate his position on environmental safety. So for now, we rate his promise In the Works.