Reporter asks: Are BP executives from outer space?

Tom McLaughlin of the Daily News writes on his blog about how BP’s Bryant Chapman handled the town hall meetings in Okaloosa and Walton counties….

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Escambia County Disaster Update: July 6

We’ve asked for six skimmers. Said we would settle for three and are getting one. Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tuesday, July…

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Donovan/Nobles petition will cost City $12M

Ed Gray, head of the Capital Trust Agency-CDE, made it clear today that if the multi-use stadium is pulled out of the Community Maritime Park…

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BP offers its own update

From BP Press Relations: UPDATE ON GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil…

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$20B BP Claim fund isn’t what it seems

Remember my basic approach to any BP statement or ad is that it’s not ever completely true. The most recent BP ads tout the $20…

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Independence Day speech

We can’t celebrate the Fourth of July without at least good one good movie speech. My personal favorite is from “Independent Day”–which I think has…

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Say it ain’t so, Bobby Jindal

We found out on Friday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have required him to preserve and make public all…

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“I wouldn’t go into the water today”

From Washington Post: Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson visited Pensacola Beach on Saturday, her first trip to Florida and her sixth to the gulf…

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Maritime Park Design-Build Contract

The Donovan/Nobles political action committee, Park Yes Stadium No, the purpose of its petition is reconsideration of the measure as follows: “That City Council approve…

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News: BP builds unnecessary facility

Mobile Press Register: BP has built a vast boat cleaning facility at Boggy Point in Orange Beach, Ala. But in bringing in a company from…

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Why has BP not brought us skimmers?

Biloxi Sun-Herald: From Washington to the Gulf, politicians and residents wonder why so few skimming vessels have been put to work soaking up oil from…

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Donovan/Nobles PAC is formed

It’s Park Yes Stadium No. And here is the website: http://www.parkyesstadiumno.com/ City Attorney Rusty Wells, according to PNJ reporter Jamie Page, has determined the former…

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