BTW: NMTC tax credit payback is $19M
I’ve checked with city officials. The multi-use stadium is part of the NMTC contract that has been executed. The $12M has already been received. If…
News: Gulf Region Roundup
Daily News (FWB): Worst fear, greatest hope: Hands Across the Sand buoyed by worldwide support —At 11 a.m. on Saturday, at 417 sites in roughly…
Donovan/Nobles petition can’t stop stadium
The petition drive by Marty Donovan and Jack Nobles doesn’t stop the construction of the multi-use stadium at the Community Maritime Park. The Donovan/Nobles petition…
Should MMS require relief wells?
Maybe a more productive requirement from new and improved Minerals Management Service would be to require all current to begin drilling relief wells. The wells…
News: Has BP disaster saved Crist?
The Daily Beast also reports: Once left for dead in his Senate campaign against Marco Rubio, Florida governor Charlie Crist has used the BP spill…
The Beast: BP Makes Friends
The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana reports today: The world may have turned against the oil giant, but in one city near the Gulf spill cleanup,…
Deepwater drilling moratorium documents
We have the actual documents from the Department of Interior on the six-month moratorium: The Six-Month Deepwater Moratorium as set forth in this Notice to…
Fox News and WSJ side with BP
The anti-Obama Conservatives are lining up with BP against the communities damaged by the Deepwater Horizon well. On this weekend’s John Fund of The Wall…
Evansville columnist on Pensacola Beach vacation
Rich Davis writes for the Evansville, Ill. Courier & Press. He recently wrote about his annual vacation to Pensacola Beach: “We saw maybe two of…
News: BP well gushing 4.2M gallons daily
The new estimate is staggering–4.2 million gallons per day. This means that in three days Deepwater Horizon exceeded Exxon Valdez. This 100,000/bbl per day estimate…
On TLC Tonight
I will be on TLC tonight for a show about the Billings murders – 9 pm Central; 10 pm Eastern. Home Invasion Murders: The Billings…
BP is burning sea turtle alive
Mike Ellis is a boat captain who’s been rescuing the endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles near Deepwater Horizon. He’s got some pretty horrifying news to…
News: Bay County has its turn
Panama City News Herald: Cleanup crews were stretched out along western Bay County beaches Saturday, picking up the first coined-sized tar balls and smaller tar…
Remembering Manute Bol
Manute Bol: An appreciation for a Special Blessing by Wim Laven Remember Manute Bol? He was the tallest person to ever play in NBA, for…
Oil Disposal
Chasidy Hobbs of Emerald Coastkeepers has been working on how people can dispose of the tarballs that they may pick up. She got this reply…
News: Okaloosa County awaits BP oil onslaught
Northwest Florida Daily News reports: As Walton County beaches witnessed their heaviest showing of tar balls to date, Okaloosa officials are gearing up for a…
Letter: BP will get to it…when they can
I’ve heard several complaints about the BP help lines, especially on the tarballs. I was sent this letter today. The decontamination and Vessels of Opportunity…
Sunnyside of BP
Pensacola’s unemployment has continued to drop and we have lower unemployment than the rest of the state. Expect the rate to continue to drop as…
