Buzz: National Guard to be called out

There is a persistent rumor that President Obama may activate the National Guard. Escambia County looked into the matter and was told that the Florida…

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Ponies & Balloons Act…we are expendable to BP

Kindra Arnesan, wife of one of the fisherman who became ill while working the BP clean-up effort, speaks out. She gave this speech at a…

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Who is making money from Escambia County on BP disaster?

From our public records request, we have copies of the invoices from DRC Emergency Services, who has been hired by Escambia County. The Mobile, Ala….

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Should We Close Our Waterways?

At last night’s special City Council committee of the whole meeting, one of the issues discussed by members was the possibility of closing inshore waterways…

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Listener Group Poll says 76% dissatisfied with BP effort

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: According to a recent survey of 2,086 voters conducted by The Listener Group, 82% of the Florida panhandle residents are unsatisfied with…

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School District Backtracks

We were initially told the School District has two offers for the Brownsville Middle School building. Now it looks like there hasn’t been any serious…

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Questions Suttles should have been asked

BP COO Doug Suttles flew into Pensacola yesterday. He visited Ft. Pickens to watch workers clean up a relatively light mess on the beach there….

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SRIA closes Pensacola Beach

Gulf Closures on Pensacola Beach Significant quantities of emulsified oil are in the near shore waters and coming ashore along much of the Gulf front…

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Two Buyers For Brownsville Building?

Escambia County School District Assistant Superintendent for Operations Shawn Dennis told the IN today there are currently two “potential buyers” lined up for the abandoned…

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News: South Alabama – Sharks, Oil and BP

Mobile Press Register: Story 1: Fort Morgan-A two-inch layer of submerged oil hugged portions of the Gulf seafloor off the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge…

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Judge who banned ban owns Haliburton stock

Nothing is ever clean when it comes to this BP oil disaster that is entering its ninth week. Canadian Business Online is reporting that U.S….

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Exclusive: Behind the scenes of BP Suttles visit

I missed Doug Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer, yesterday. The visit was a surprise that had Santa Rosa Island Authority and Escambia County officials scrambling…

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