Today’s Spanish-language debate between GOP governor candidates had a few jabs, but no knockout punches. Bill McCollum took a swipe at his opponent Rick Scott’s shady history with Columbia/HCA: “‘Rick, let’s get…
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DEP Sole turns in resignation
Mike Sole, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, sent Gov. Charlie Crist a letter of resignation, effective Sept. 10, 2010, “now that the Deepwater Horizon well has been capped, and…
Pensacola homes could lose $40K in value
CoreLogic, a California-based provider of information, analytics and business services, reported today that the impact of the BP DeepWater Horizon oil spill on home values in the coastal counties along the Gulf…
Drug lords control Mexican media
The Washington Post writes about the near blackout of any coverage of the drug war along the Mexico-U.S. border. Two weeks ago, Mexican soldiers clashed in Nuevo Laredo with drug cartel gangsters…
Bed Room Intruder Song
The story is serious and the intended victim’s brother goes off on the intruder. And of course, somebody found a way to put it all to music:
McCollum must win GOP debates
Attorney General Bill McCollum has to soundly defeat his upstart challenger, millionaire Rick Scott, in the two debates to be held this week, if McCollum is to have any chance of winning…
Zoo is making comeback
The Ft. Walton Beach Daily News reports that new owner and CEO Eric Mogensen of the Gulf Breeze Zoo says attendance is about 15 percent higher than what was budgeted. The zoo…
Buzz: Huge oil plume 30 mi. off our beach
The talk among some of the workers hired to fight the BP oil disaster is that a huge plume of oil has been found 30 miles off of Pensacola Beach. It’s approximately…
Palin: Obama lacks cojones
Pensacola’s favorite former Alaskan governor, Sarah Palin, made headlines again when she attacked President Obama on “Fox News Sunday” when she said zona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has “the cojones” that President…
Menhaden may be key indicator of Gulf health
The Mobile Press Register writes that the sudden and complete crash of the herring population in the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill holds a powerful lesson for the scientists and regulators…
Who will be Pensacola’s next mayor?
You have read the daily newspaper’s cover stories on the mayoral candidates. Hopefully you’ve attended one of the public forums on the race. By now, if you live in the City of…
Officials Say the Darndest Things
It’s the new Tumblr blog by ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Here is how ProPublica describes it: “At ProPublica, we’re always following what officials…
Static top kill has risks
The drilling insider forum The Oil Drum describes the static top kill process and the risks involved. The two risks involved are: 1) It may not work at all and 2) it…
Rewrite of disaster begins, don’t believe it
The Daily Telegraph is now questioning whether Deepwater Horizon qualifies as an environmental disaster. According to Alex Spillius, the oil has evaporated, only three dolphins were killed, few birds hurt (less than…
Brown Investigation Moved To PC
The investigation into the alledged theft of campaign signs involving State House Dist. 1 candidates Greg Brown Jr. and Doug Broxson has been moved to the State Attorney’s Office in Panama City….
BP Promises $100 Million More
Press Release: BP today announced that it will establish a $100 million charitable fund to support unemployed rig workers experiencing economic hardship as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed…
How FL DEP spent $40M
The state of Florida has received $50 million from BP, $40 million of which was given to the Department of Environmental Protection. The IN has acquired documents that show how DEP spent…
Overholtz argues to get BP cases tried here
For Immediate Release Pensacola, Florida Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, based in Pensacola, Florida will argue before Judicial Panel in Boise, Idaho that all BP oil spill lawsuits should be consolidated in…
Mobile Press Register tells BP to shove it
This is Friday’s editorial: “TAKE YOUR promises and shove ’em, BP. From what we’ve seen, they’re not worth much anyway. You promised you would set up an escrow account for oil spill…
BP To Kill Well This Week
The Bloomberg News is reporting that BP may be able to kill the leaking well by Aug. 1 Article