The Pensacola City Council formalized their approval last night of locating a new YMCA at the Maritime Park—in concept, with lease details to be worked out—but not before a conversation about how…
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Limbo for Occupy
Occupy Pensacola now sits in an undefined limbo. But it seems limbo’s time may be limber. After camping on the lawn at Pensacola City Hall for the past two weeks, the local…
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 Gulf Emergency Conference. See the transcript and…
More photos: Pensacola Beach June 23
These photos are from Kim Carmichael, a professional photographer that was helped us see what is really happening. I’ve started to wonder if I should add the year to my titles. Mr….
Fox News and WSJ side with BP
The anti-Obama Conservatives are lining up with BP against the communities damaged by the Deepwater Horizon well. On this weekend’s John Fund of The Wall Street Journal said that $20 billion fund…
Now Crist asks for $100M from BP
On May 17, Gov. Charlie Crist had in his office BP CEO Tony Hayward. Instead of pressing for money for the oil clean-up, the Florida governor only got $25 million from the…
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 my description for the various female community…
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 plan to split the $25M that Tony…
Every time I see this video, my temper flares
This is BP CEO Tony Hayward with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist telling us, “We are very confident that will be able to contain the spill in the vicinity of the leak and…
What BP wishes it didn’t have to show
BP continues its work to collect oil by the riser insertion tube tool (RITT) containment system. Based on the statements by BP CEO Tony Hayward, its CFO Doug Suttles and others, you…
Sorry, Jeff, EPA gets tougher on dispersants
Well, we’ve learn how powerful our Congressman Jeff Miller is. Days after he pushed for EPA relax its approval process for BP’s use of the dispersants, the federal agency become stricter. Darn…
What is the truth?
From News Journal article (“Chemicals will protect the Gulf, Rep. Miller says”): “Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard, said the spill has become much more difficult to contain. As…
Transcript of Olbermann interview
I really thought I sounded more literate and knowledgeable than this: OLBERMANN: That we know about the B.P. waiver agreement offering up to $5,000 to Gulf Coast residents in exchange for their…