Carol Browner, special adviser to President Barack Obama, traveled the Gulf Coast this week to listen first hand to leaders in the counties impacted by the BP oil disaster. She was in…
Maritime Park films airs tonight
On Blab TV at 5 pm and 10:30 pm — gives the facts, tells the history and explains what the project has been about from day one. The story is told by…
FDOT: Pensacola Bay Bridge To Be Replaced
This afternoon, a representative from the Florida Department of Transportation told the Pensacola City Council that the Pensacola 3-Mile Bridge will be replaced in the next six years. The current bridge has…
Flyers Coach To Meet And Greet
Pensacola Flyers Coach Tom Gordon will meet at NY Nick’s for the team’s booster club meting on Monday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. Press Release: Coach Gordon will talk about off season…
Surprise: Palin distorts Dem policies
PolitiFact has analyzed Sarah Palin’s appearance on Fox News Sunday and has found her sorely lacking in the truth department…Duh….earning the former Alaska governor the “Pants on Fire” rating. Read more.
Scott’s depos sealed
GOP candidate for governor, Rick Scott, has had more than his share of lawsuits and government investigations over the past 15 years—medicare fraud, discrimination and, this year, filing false medical licensing information…
Scientists suspicious of oil disappearance
The Miami Herald reports: Many scientists say they’re skeptical of a widely publicized government report Wednesday that concludes much of the oil that gushed from BP’s leaking well is gone and poses…
Wiggins’ Plan of Action
We’ve posted the platforms and ideas of the other three candidates for Pensacola mayor. Here is what Mayor Mike Wiggins calls his “Plan of Action:” * Economic Development & Job Creation I…
Buzz: BP workers get pay cut
We heard last night that BP workers have had their hourly pay rate cut by $4 by some of the contractors—from $18/hour to $14/hour.
Other bands not for Rinke concert series
The News Journal writes that what developer Robert Rinke called a deposit on the Beach Boys on Monday was merely a $1000 check given to one of the band’s agents. There was…
BP Static Kill Helping Shares
The success of the “Static Kill” operation looks to be helping BP’s market shares. The Wall Street Journal reports today that the company is now over $40 per share for the first…
Buzz:Thomas and PNJ make issue new Chamber CEO’s residence
The daily newspaper is on the attack. The target: the newly-hired Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce CEO. The issue: John Hizer will be living in Gulf Breeze, where his daughter will…
Donovan/Nobles PAC changes website
Marty Donovan and Jack Nobles have changed the website of their Political Action Committee. After receiving criticism for not correctly displaying the stadium, they re-shaded their map. This time they’ve reduced the…
Over 43 millions gallons of BP oil still in the Gulf
Before we praise BP and declare the disaster over, we still have crude in the Gulf. Even if NOAA report is correct and 75 percent has evaporated, been recovered or dispersed (whatever…
New study disproves Elebash viewpoints of the past five years
For more than half a decade, Save Our City guru C.C. Elebash has pointed to a 1997 report by the Brookings Institute that questioned cities spending tax dollars on stadiums for MLB…
Fall Concert series?
Really? Beach Boys? Really?….I didn’t hear yesterday much enthusiasm for the Rinke concert idea. Now my readers aren’t into 60s nostalgia and many have already planned their fall around ACC and SEC…
Greene’s tales of yacht trip keep changing
Jeff Greene. Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has a problem with what have been an illegal 2007 trip to Cuba aboard his 147-ft yacht. As the St. Pete Times reports, travel to…
Gulf Hurting Long Before Spill
The USA Today ran a very good piece today on the decline of diversity in the Gulf of Mexico, long before the BP oil spill. Article
PNJ Cooper nails BP Claims head
Pensacola News Journal reporter Louis Cooper tried to pin down BP VP Darryl Willis, who heads the oil giant’s claims processing, on how close is “close proximity.” It was all part of…
Static kill begins
BP Release Date: 03 August 2010 HOUSTON – BP started injectivity testing today at 19:05 (UK) and 13:05 (CDT) in advance of static kill operations. Based on the results of the injectivity…
