BP Spin Machine has issued this press release. If you’re a local business owner, let me know your experiences. BP Takes Action to Fast-Track Claims for Gulf Coast Businesses Release Date: 03…
Deep Horizon “Static Kill” Update
Press Release from DEP: Static kill, the operation planned to plug the Deepwater Horizon well, is scheduled to begin this week. Static kill involves pumping a steady stream of heavy drilling mud,…
Charles Bare offers City Residents’ Bill of Rights
Bare Administration City Residents’ Bill of Rights When doing business with the City of Pensacola, residents are entitled to prompt, efficient and easily accessible services – from all departments and enterprises. Residents…
What will stop first: Oil flowing or BP claim checks?
ProPublica reports BP is lagging on deciding the validity of many damage claims, and claimants may have to wait until after the special administrator takes over later this month. We are hearing…
BP Disaster: 205 million gallons and BP says its now disappeared…Ouila!
New York Times: Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from BP’s well since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, according to the latest data. That amount outstrips the…
Oil dispersant may be washing up
Mobile Press Register is reporting that the stained, brown water seen washing up in pockets along Alabama beaches for the last two weeks appears to contain the dispersant widely used on oil…
Diane Mack’s Vision Statement and Campaign Platform
We published Ashton Hayward’s plan in the Buzz last week. Here is Diane Mack’s platform: Pensacola 2011-2014 Diane Mack for Mayor Vision Statement & Campaign Platform A VISION OF PENSACOLA City of…
Perdido Key In Hunt For Pepsi Disaster Grant
According to the Perdido Key Chamber: Pepsi has a grant contest going on right now to help “Refresh the Gulfâ€. The Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away an extra $1.3 million to…
Rick Scott: Discrimination lawsuit plagues his past
I’ve started my research into GOP governor candidate Rick Scott. The fact his former company Columbia/HCA paid billions in fines, penalties and civil lawsuits for falsifiying reports to increase Medicare reimbursements, among…
McCollum gets in a few licks, but Scott survives debate
Today’s Spanish-language debate between GOP governor candidates had a few jabs, but no knockout punches. Bill McCollum took a swipe at his opponent Rick Scott’s shady history with Columbia/HCA: “‘Rick, let’s get…
DEP Sole turns in resignation
Mike Sole, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, sent Gov. Charlie Crist a letter of resignation, effective Sept. 10, 2010, “now that the Deepwater Horizon well has been capped, and…
Pensacola homes could lose $40K in value
CoreLogic, a California-based provider of information, analytics and business services, reported today that the impact of the BP DeepWater Horizon oil spill on home values in the coastal counties along the Gulf…
Drug lords control Mexican media
The Washington Post writes about the near blackout of any coverage of the drug war along the Mexico-U.S. border. Two weeks ago, Mexican soldiers clashed in Nuevo Laredo with drug cartel gangsters…
Bed Room Intruder Song
The story is serious and the intended victim’s brother goes off on the intruder. And of course, somebody found a way to put it all to music:
McCollum must win GOP debates
Attorney General Bill McCollum has to soundly defeat his upstart challenger, millionaire Rick Scott, in the two debates to be held this week, if McCollum is to have any chance of winning…
Zoo is making comeback
The Ft. Walton Beach Daily News reports that new owner and CEO Eric Mogensen of the Gulf Breeze Zoo says attendance is about 15 percent higher than what was budgeted. The zoo…
Buzz: Huge oil plume 30 mi. off our beach
The talk among some of the workers hired to fight the BP oil disaster is that a huge plume of oil has been found 30 miles off of Pensacola Beach. It’s approximately…
Palin: Obama lacks cojones
Pensacola’s favorite former Alaskan governor, Sarah Palin, made headlines again when she attacked President Obama on “Fox News Sunday” when she said zona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has “the cojones” that President…
Menhaden may be key indicator of Gulf health
The Mobile Press Register writes that the sudden and complete crash of the herring population in the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill holds a powerful lesson for the scientists and regulators…
Who will be Pensacola’s next mayor?
You have read the daily newspaper’s cover stories on the mayoral candidates. Hopefully you’ve attended one of the public forums on the race. By now, if you live in the City of…
