Statement by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen: “Yesterday I sent BP a letter stating that there were a number of unanswered questions about the monitoring systems they committed to as a…
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Panama City may build baseball park
Panama City beat Pensacola out in getting Southwest Airlines. Now the city is looking to build a ballpark and has reached out to the ownership of Huntsville Stars (Class AA; Southern League)….
BP update: The Whale can’t be used
In case, you missed it. The super-skimmer called “The Whale” was too big to be used to clean up the Gulf. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
How did Marty & Charlie try to defeat the park in 2006?
While working on another a project, I came across the mailer that Marty Donovan, Charlie Fairchild and Save Our City mailed out before the 2006 referendum – See it here. Their misrepresentations…
Rubio Confident Going Ahead
Earlier today I talked with Alex Burgos, the campaign spokesman for U.S. Senate Republican candidate Marco Rubio, who informed me that the camp had not only picked up significant campaign contributions for…
What Charlie Fairchild said about Maritime Park in 2005
The year was 2005. Pensacola had finished a series of town hall meetings on a proposed community maritime park. Charlie Fairchild, C.C. Elebash and Marty Donovan were working behind the scenes to…
BP Tops $200 Million In Claims
BP Release: Payments to residents and businesses of the Gulf Coast reached $201 million today as BP continued to increase its outreach to thousands of people who have filed claims related to…
Evers Releases Statement On BP Fix
PRESS RELEASE Statement by Representative Greg Evers on Reports that the BP Deepwater Horizon is Capped Baker, Fla. – Representative Greg Evers (R-Baker) today released the following statement regarding news reports that…
Affiliated Baseball Parks – Single A
The naysayers like to make a big deal out of the Pensacola Pelicans aren’t an affiliated team. Of course they can’t be playing in the tiny UWF ball park, that is even…
Where are the financial reports from the AA Chamber?
The Gulf Coast African-American Chamber is upset about the Escambia County Commission rejecting their funding request. It goes before the Pensacola City Council on Monday. The City has asked for financial statements…
The Daily Beast: Cautious Optimism In the Gulf
The Daily Beast asked that I give their readers some feedback from Pensacola on the new containment cap of the Deepwater Horizon well. Cautious optimism was the general consensus. Read more. Read…
Pelicans on 10-game win streak
Manager Talmadge Nunnari and the Pensacola Pelicans are at again. They are rolling, finally, and climbing in the standings of the American Association. Their most recent sweep was of the Ft. Worth…
Plethora of Political Forums
Monday, July 19: Republican candidates for Escambia County Commission, District 2, will be held at 7 p.m. July 19 at the Perdido Bay Community Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Road. The candidates are…
BP Temporarily Clogs Leak
The AP is reporting that BP has stopped the flow from the ruptured well, but it looks to be only a temporary fix. Story
Sewage Plant In Training Stage
ECUA spokesman Jim Roberts confirmed with IN that the new sewage treatment plant in Cantonment is training workers to operate the 29 systems that it will be running. “This is a very…
Public dollars to build stage for hotel???
Am I the only one who sees the insanity of using public dollars to build “an outdoor stage, with a video screen and all the bells and whistles” at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville…
Now Coast Guard wants to fix VoO
USCG Commander Joe Boudrow announced yesterday plans to form a working group to improve the Vessel of Opportunity Program (VoO) in Florida, which employs boat owners and their crews to help in…
‘Sorry Ain’t Enough’
As BP sought to test whether a new capping device could fully control the oil gusher that the company and its partners created in the Gulf of Mexico seabed nearly three months…
Murzin Asking For Public Opinion On Drilling
State Rep. Dave Murzin (R-Pensacola) is asking his constituents how they feel about the proposed constitutional offshore drilling ban Governor Charlie Crist has recently endorsed. “Do the citizens of Florida feel there…
Chamber Candidate Forum
July 2010 Candidate Forums The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of candidate forums in July 2010 to be moderated by Rick Outzen. The next candidate forum is…