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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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….
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…
Hands Across Capitol Against Drilling
From Emerald Coastkeepers WHEN:Â Â Â Tuesday, July 20, 2010 WHERE: The Capitol Courtyard (between the old and new Capitol) Tallahassee, FL TIME:Â Â Â Â 11:30 am EST Please…
BP Ties To Terrorist Release?
“A group of U.S. senators asked BP to stop all drilling operations in Libya and cooperate with an investigation into its possible involvement with the…
Relief wells had problems with blowout preventers, too
Reuters is reporting: In a 29-page memo to Michael Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), U.S. Interior Secretary…
Feds send BP bill – $99.7M
The federal government has its fourth bill for $99.7 million to BP and other responsible parties for response and recovery operations relating to the BP/Deepwater…
