Letter to Crist from Ford
June 11, 2010 The Honorable Charlie Crist Governor – State of Florida The Capitol PL-05 400 N. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 Dear Governor Crist:…
Next two days will be worse
At the 4:30 pm press conference yesterday, Commissioner Grover Robinson said the Friday and Saturday are expected to be bad days in regards to the…
BP Protestors met with apathy, anger
From Terry Holley, organizer of Hear Our Voice: I don’t get it. This disaster is happening in our community. People all over the country and…
EOC Late Night update
Received at 10:08 pm DEP has reported plume of oil 12 miles off the Perdido Pass. Vessels are enroute to further assess the situation. One…
Crist and Tallahassee keep BP funds for state
For weeks, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has visited Northwest Florida promising that he and the state would do whatever is necessary to help battle the…
EOC Update June 10
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Thursday, June 10 – 5 p.m. – Update #41 * Tar balls and sheen have been reported…
Photos from Pensacola Pass. 11:30 am June 10
Tar balls and a light oil sheen were in Pensacola Pass today, as I reported earlier:
EOC This Morning
During the 9:30 EOC press conference, Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins told media that the coast guard found oil mixed with seaweed coming through Pensacola Pass….
Buzz: Oil in Pensacola Pass
Unconfirmed email: “My friend just phoned me from his boat (11:15 am Thursday 6/10). He reported large gooey clumps of oil inside the Pensacola Pass….
Dear Mr. President,
We are told that you will be visiting Pensacola Beach soon. While we are grateful for the attention and sympathy, photo ops and nice speeches…
Pics From Yesterday
Yesterday evening I walked the beach behind the Flora Bama, where the high tide had pushed specks of oil all along the shore. I was…
We want your rants
We are working on our annual Rant Issue – in which we ask readers to send us rants about what upsets them. The rants need…
Pool report: Clean up workers
From Miami Herald reporter who was allowed to attend yesterday’s pool media event: Your pool met Lucia Bustamante, community outreach director for BP, by the…
Buzz: Where was DEP in Mobile
The State of Florida has 22 people, from the Department of Environmental Protection, at the Unified Command in Mobile. Why didn’t they notify Escambia County…
Problem on Alabama side of Key
Spoke last night with Commissioner Gene Valentino who drove late yesterday an ATV on the beach from Perdido Pass to Eden Condominiums. He said that…
Additional Boom Closures & Tar Ball Sighting
Escambia County Press Release: Boom will be deployed in the following three areas: Davenport Bayou Star Lake Palafox Marina Absorbent boom is being placed along…
PATH CALLS ON DOJ TO BRING SUIT AGAINST BP
Press Release: As Wildlife Death Tolls Climbs, PATH Inc., Calls On US Department of Interior and US Department of Justice To Take Action To Save…
Perdido Pass closed
Escambia County officials have confirmed that USCG Captain of the Port for Sector Mobile authorized the closure of Perdido Pass at 5:30 p.m. today, June…
BP apologizes for pool media
Lucia Bustamante, BP spokesman, apologized for how the media event was handled today. “I didn’t mean that you weren’t to be invited. Our contractor was…
