We received the original draft of C.C. Elebash’s viewpoint that ran in Friday’s daily newspaper. “I hate the maritime park. I hate the baseball park. I hate the maritime park. I hate…
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State has BP $25 million; none reaching local level
I confirmed yesterday with the office of Florida CFO Alex Sink that the state has received the $25-million block grant from British Petroleum. However, local officials are getting frustrated with the state…
BP ad runs in Sunday Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola’s daily newspaper fulfilled the Gannett mission of being a marketing solution…this time for British Petroleum. The ad, titled “The Gulf Oil Spill Response,” tells readers that -“BP has done and continues…
Don’t touch oil, tarballs
The St. Pete Times warns of the BP oil spill’s toxicity. This s$%# can kill you. I have interviewed workers that were part of the Exxon Valdez cleanup. Twenty years later, they…
Tarballs hit Dauphin Island
Mobile Press Register is reporting that tarballs suspected to be part of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak have been sighted along the shore at Dauphin Island. This sighting was at Saturday noon…
Blog ranked #1
Latest Influence ranking by BlogNetNews.Com has ricksblog.biz in the number one spot, up from seventh spot last week. Blogs ranked by BNN Influence: 1 ricksblog.biz 2 The Buzz (St. Pete Times) 3…
NYT: What happened on the oil rig
I have been working on this story for four days and was so close to having it ready for The Daily Beast by Monday. Offshore workers and their wives have talked with…
As predicted: containment box has problem
BP always, always, always gives the best case scenario, over promises, under delivers and down plays damages and risks. This is according to attorney Brent Coon who dealt wit BP in the…
IN turns down BP Oil Spill ad
We received an insertion order from Valassis and Mindshare for a BP Oil Spill ad. I and my staff made the decision that we will not accept the order and turned down…
Too much to think last night
We aren’t supposed to win. British Petroleum is a global oil company, which made $5.6 billion the first three months of 2010. We are a community recovering from three hurricanes, a depressed…
Buzz: Pelicans for Pelicans
The Pensacola Pelicans, the area’s minor league baseball team, is working on a special fundraiser with its league, American Association of Independent Baseball, to help rescue and treat Pelicans and other birds…
Containment box 200 ft. above leak
According to NPR, the containment structure was most recently reported as just 200 feet above the leak. Reuters reports the 98-ton structure is suspended just over the leak while crews using remotely…
EPA Responds to the BP Oil Spill
Press Release: EPA Responds to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Since the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010, EPA has mobilized resources…
DEP pulls approval of Santa Rosa booming plan
The state pulled today its approval of Santa Rosa County’s plan to boom the Pensacola Bay and Bob Sikes bridges just the County Commission was preparing to review and approve a bid…
TPM: BP Lobby & PR strategy
TPMMuckraker reported this week on who are the ones handling damage control for British Petroleum: Tony Podesta, brother to former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta. Michele Davis of Brunswick…
Environmentalists kicked out Mobile Unified Command
At the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center, the Emerald Coastkeeper (IN Rising Star Chassidy Hobbs) is allowed to be in the EOC. We’ve learned at BP’s Unified Command Center in Mobile yesterday…
Buzz: Murzin to enter Commission District 2 race
Before the day ends, we hear that State Rep. Dave Murzin will drop out to his State Senate race against Greg Evers and Mike Hill and file to run for Escambia County…
No more BP coeds at community meetings
It’s time to stop the “sorority teas” at the community meetings on the BP oil spill. If BP can’t have a knowledgeable person (male or female) who can answer technical, financial and…
Exclusive: BP screwed up Exxon Valdez cleanup, too
I have been trying to get a handle on what we can truly expect from British Petroleum with this Gulf oil spill. Earlier in the week, I interviewed attorney Brent Coon, who…
Okaloosa frustrated, too
The Daily News reports that officials in Okaloosa County are just as frustrated with BP’s Unified Command post as we are here. Read Okaloosa officials vent at spill bureaucracy Folks, BP isn’t…