Buzz: Orange Beach mayor blasts BP

While Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins is singing kumbaya with BP, Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon blasted BP representatives a town hall meeting. Kennon is upset…

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News: BOP failed 62 times in three years

The Christian Science Monitor reports: The 2009 BOP reliability report: One safety-critical failure was so severe that, if a blowout had occurred at the time…

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McCollum Not Happy With Obama Oil Shun

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum released a statement today regarding his feelings on the state being excluded from a meeting with the U.S. Department of…

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Restaurant Assn. claims ads are working

Press Release: Florida Hospitality Industry’s Initial ‘Our Coasts Are Clear’ Message Resonating with Tourists Tallahassee, FL – In early May, television coverage of the spreading…

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Christian group continues to drive up Santa Rosa legal fees

Press Release for Liberty Counsel: Liberty Counsel Files Injunction Against Santa Rosa Schools Over Religious Expression www.LC.org Pensacola, FL – During the Memorial Day weekend,…

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Latest official report on BP oil disaster

Progress Continues in Drilling Relief Wells The Development Driller III continues to drill the first relief well to a depth of more than 12,000 feet—10…

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Tea Party upset over Outtakes

Email from a Pensacola Tea Party protester: Mr. Outzen, I was taken aback by your characterization (in your Vol 11 #20 issue) of tea partiers…

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Buzz: Super Tankers won’t work for cleanup

Another email: First there is not any room for a super tanker at the location they have three Dynamic Position (DP) rigs and one 600-foot…

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Engineers believe relief wells should work

Last week, I heard rumors that the relief wells that are being drilled to stop oil spewing from the Deepwater Horizon well might not work….

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BP hires uber Barbie

BP has found it has too many men speaking for it nationally and will now use its local BP Barbie approach nationwide. “BP Barbie” is…

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Road Trip notes: Dauphin Island

The Dauphin lsland trip was uneventful, but great background for later. The island is south of Mobile, past Bellingrath Gardens. It is wider than Santa…

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BP ad: We will make it right

Full page ads are running across the country, except for the IN, that declare “BP has taken full responsibility for cleaning up the spill in…

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