In e-mail correspondences between City Council member Larry B. Johnson and City Manager Al Coby, Johnson raises concern over the protection of Bayou Texar and Project Green Shores. Texar only has one…
City manager passes on BP surety bond
Pensacola City Manager Al Coby is not recommending that City Council require BP to put up a surety bond to cover any city expenses or environmental damages and remediation costs associated with…
Ashton calls for $25M bond for Bayou Chico
Press release: ASHTON HAYWARD CALLS ON PENSACOLA MAYOR TO STAND UP TO BP Proposes $25 Million Surety Bond From BP to Protect Bayou Chico Property June 10, 2010 – (Pensacola, FL) Ashton…
Your Call media roundtable
Last Friday, June 4, I was part of KALW’s Media Roundtable. KAWL is a NPR station in San Francisco. The roundtable discusssed media coverage of the Gaza-bound flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos,…
Brits support BP, shut up America
As I wrote earlier in the week, it wouldn’t be long before the British government and business leaders would act us for demanding too much from British Petroleum. NYT: “…in Britain, where…
How BP handles spills (Video)
This is what happens when BP spills coffee.
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: Enclosed you will find a copy of…
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 oil disaster. Bad days for Escambia…
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 WORLD are incensed about the damage to…
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 option may be to try to burn…
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 onslaught of BP crude oil that is…
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 coming through Pensacola Pass and into Pensacola…
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. He said the pass would remain open…
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. This area is open to the gulf,…
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 won’t make a difference here. We have…
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 told by one local that the oil…
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 to be one sentence – two max….
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 Navarre Beach Pier at 7 a.m. CDT….
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 and their bosses in Tallahassee about the…
