Tag: bp oil
BP cuts $5K checks to $1K
In the beginning of this BP oil disaster, I reported how BP initially tried to get fishermen to sign waivers when they joined the Vessels…
EOC: Where is the $50 million?
The state of Florida has been given $50 by BP to assist counties deal with the BP oil disaster. Ten weeks after the explosion at…
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….
News: Okaloosa County awaits BP oil onslaught
Northwest Florida Daily News reports: As Walton County beaches witnessed their heaviest showing of tar balls to date, Okaloosa officials are gearing up for a…
BP has only paid 22 percent of Florida claims
BP Claims Director Daryl Willis proudly claimed that BP hasn’t rejected any claims. He bragged about BP renewing the $5,000 checks to fishermen and others…
Media Roundup 6.05.10
We are in Day 46 of the BP Oil Disaster and 16 days before the Pensacola City Council meets again to express its “outrage.” cfnews13.com:…
Meek: “Leadership isn’t being in Pensacola to see the first drop of oil.”
I spoke yesterday with Congressman Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Meek was in New York City and had just finished an interview on…
Buzz: Crist moves TDC meeting
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has moved the meeting with tourism officials from Northwest Florida from today to Sunday. It’s anticipated that he will announce his…
IN May 27 issue
COVER STORY THREE’S COMPANY Less than a year ago Governor Charlie Crist was thought by many political analysts to be a shoe-in for Mel Martinez’s…
Plaintiffs argue to keep BP lawsuits in New Orleans
The attorneys for the shrimpers, commercial fisherman and others impacted by the BP oil spill have submitted their pleadings to fight the motion by BP…
Oops, Jeff Miller off by 23,000 bbls per day
Last week, Congressman Jeff Miller told us that BP was getting ahead of the oil spill and had recovered 4 million gallons. His actual quote…
Meek: Too small to fail
Congressman Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, stopped by the IN offices for a few minutes before his meeting with the PNJ editorial…