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DEP launces new app to identify Florida beach accesses and amenities

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Love Florida’s beaches? There’s an app for that. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Coastal Management Program is introducing the “Florida Beach Access Guide”- a web-based map that is also available as a mobile app. “Getting outdoors to enjoy Florida’s beaches is now more convenient,” says a statement from the DEP. This interactive guide enables beachgoers to locate every public beach access point and associated amenities throughout Florida. “More than 2,000 public beach access points along Florida’s coasts are pinpointed…

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Democratic leaders touring Panhandle

​Florida Democratic Party Chair Stephen Bittel and President Sally Boynton Brown are taking a two-day tour of the Panhandle to “energize the

Gwen Graham earns plaudits, charts singular course with recent Clean Air vote

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On Wednesday the League of Conservation Voters announced the launch of an online ad campaign to — no, not to raise campaign cash like every other email we see these days — but rather to show its appreciation for U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham for her vote last week against a bill to roll back environmental protection provisions under the Clean Air Act. “Congresswoman Gwen Graham is standing up to climate change deniers and taking a commonsense approach to protecting our health and the environment…

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Family matters: Excitement builds for western Panhandle Senate primary

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Florida’s western Panhandle has not been exactly known as a hotbed of electoral campaigns during recent election cycles. The region stretching from Pensacola to Panama City is steadfastly Republican in registration and in electoral dominance. GOP primaries decide most fights in the region, and incumbency has ensured few contentious primaries outside of local offices. The region is made up of Congressional District 1, part of Congressional District 2, Senate District 1 and Senate District 2. Several State House districts dot the landscape,…

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Poll says 76% of Panhandle residents dissatisfied with BP effort

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According to a recent survey of 2,086 voters conducted by The Listener Group, 82% of the Florida Panhandle residents are unsatisfied with the federal government while 76% are unsatisfied with the efforts of BP. However, when asked about their local government’s handling of the crisis, 58% stated they were satisfied. Also, when asked about their opinion regarding President Obama’s call for a ban for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for the next six months, 58% were in opposition. Finally,…

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Food stamps applications in Panhandle up 15%

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Applications for food stamps in Panhandle counties have soared since oil began gushing from the broken BP pipe leak. Since May 1 applications are up 15 percent. The Department of Children and Families is keeping separate data to track people who qualify for food stamps because the oil has destroyed their careers. Don Winstead is the welfare advisor for DCF. He says along with the growing need for food assistance is a growing need for counselors to help families going…

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Florida skips offshore oil binge but still pays

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When rigs first started drilling for oil off Louisiana’s coast in the 1940s, Floridians scanned their shoreline, with its resorts and talcum-white beaches, and said, No thanks. Go ahead and drill, they told other Gulf Coast states; we’ll stick with tourism. Now that invisible wall separating Florida from its neighbors has been breached. The spreading BP oil spill has already reached the Panhandle, and if it rides currents to the renowned reefs and fishing holes on both Florida coasts, the Sunshine State could become a…

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Pensacola News-Journal editorial: Charlie Crist should run as Independent

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The Pensacola News Journal, I believe, is the first major newspaper to editorialize that Charlie Crist should drop out of the Republican Primary and run as an Independent or with No Party Affiliation: It’s time for Gov. Charlie Crist to abandon his Republican primary run for the U.S. Senate and instead face off against challengers Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek as an Independent in the November election. Such a race would allow Florida voters to make a clear liberal-moderate-conservative choice……

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