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Published: 06/24/10

Pensacola Beach Closed Due to Oil Spill

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Pensacola Beach Closed Due to Oil Spill

It came ashore on Wednesday, and by Thursday it had caused the state of Florida to officially close Pensacola Beach. In a development that no one wanted to see, thick toxic oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon spill blackened the famous beach and sent clean-up crews into overdrive. Touring Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist called the sight of the oil "disgusting." The Pensacola News Journal, meanwhile, reacted with bitterness to the fouling of the city's central tourist attraction: The sign at Pensacola Beach Properties boasted "Always has been, always will be -- the most ...

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