Author: Rick Outzen
Every time I see this video, my temper flares
This is BP CEO Tony Hayward with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist telling us, “We are very confident that will be able to contain the spill…
Liz, here is another idea. Please fwd to Tony
More ideas for the public that BP Barbie Liz Castro asked us to send her: Oil Spill Combating – A German Approach The explosion of…
BP cuts back capture stat again, oops
Marketwatch reports that the amount of crude oil BP is siphoning from a massive leak on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has declined…
Liz, here’s an idea
During the first community meetings, BP Barbie Liz Castro told citizens that her company wanted to hear ideas from the public to help with his…
Alas, Pensacola
“Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is thy…
BTW: Gannett will start competing with local ad agencies
The venture will be called “Gannett Local” …”focused on working with small and medium sized business to provide them a high-touch marketing consultation and a…
Buzz: Insider look at pnj.com stats
Gannett Blog got the secret web stats for pnj.com and other Gannett websites (see spreadsheet): Pensacola FL Unique Visitors April 2009: 469,880 Nov 2009: 444,952…
BP cut corners at Deepwater
The Orlando Sentinel reports that have obtained documents that BP chose a less-expensive, less-reliable method for completing the Deepwater Horizon well. …BP’s choice of well…
BP killed my dog, tempers run high
The Miami Herald is at Grand Isles, La. where BP’s black crude is destroying the ecosystem. Workers in knee-high rubber boots and hard hats shoveled…
Miller no longer believes BP is doing a good job
It’s amazing what a week of repeated bad press for BP, and cries from Panhandle voters, can do to change the perspective of our congressman,…
Tar balls on Pensacola Beach
We are getting reports that tar balls have washed on to Pensacola Beach. Fox 10 is reporting three were found by a Gulf Breeze family…
Panhandle prefers Rubio
According to the latest Listener Group poll: Marco Rubio and Republican newcomer and governor candidate Rick Scott are the two leaders in a survey recently…
What BP wishes it didn’t have to show
BP continues its work to collect oil by the riser insertion tube tool (RITT) containment system. Based on the statements by BP CEO Tony Hayward,…
If Today Was Your Last Day
Another video tribute to the men killed in the explosion at Deepwater Horizon: “If Today Was Your Last Day-A Transocean Tribute” Find more videos like…
Surprise, surprise: BP hasn’t given state $25M for advertising
State Senator Don Gaetz says that, as of Friday, May 21, BP has not given Florida the $25-million block grant for tourism advertising that BP…
BP Boycotts forming
I haven’t heard any more about Michael O’Donovan’s possible boycott of BP. There are national campaigns that have started: Boycott BP Gas Stations 1,000,000 Strong…
No BP backup plan
Taylor “Chips” Kirschenfeld on Countdown with Keith Olbermann (a follow-up to NY Times article): Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
BP lie #75
This past week BP officials released numbers that they were now pumping 5,000 bbs/day from the Deepwater Horizon well. Well BP’s CFO Doug Suttles had…
Buzz: Retraining discussions
Had a visitor from Destin to office yesterday. BP and government officials have begun talking with charter boat captains about setting up job retraining programs….
May 21 EOC update
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Friday, May 21 – 4:30 p.m. – Update #28 * Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key remain open….
