Friday, December 31, 2010

Skinners Gulf Seafood is delicious 2010


Skinners Seafood on Dauphin Ilsand has the freshest Gulf seafood and will ship. Love them!
Marion Laney, ForgottenGulf.com Dauphin Island

Thursday, December 16, 2010

CRC: Conclusion


Coastal Recovery final report . December 15th, 2010.
Marion Laney, ForgottenGulf.com Dauphin Island

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Today is Coastal Clean-Up Day on the Gulf Coast. On Dauphin Island go to Cadillac Square Park on Bienville Blvd from 8am-12 to register, pick up your bag, gloves & a great tee shirt. Dumpsters are at the park for you to return your trash.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010

The TRUTH begins to trickle out about BP & the State of Alabama. http://bit.ly/c9P3rI
For the Fall/Winter the Common Loon will be closed on Thursdays & Sundays. The 6 day/week schedule returns for the spring/summer. Open from 11am. to 7pm.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Were you surprised to see how clean the water was on dauphin Island? http://ping.fm/1emj4

Saturday, September 4, 2010

While researching this article and forthcoming book Carl Safina visted dauphin Island and worked with me on some interviews.
http://ping.fm/2dxlw

Friday, September 3, 2010

Dauphin Island still LEFT OUT of BP funded tourism concerts. Since Alabama will not support our recovery it is time to move our border into Mississippi.
http://ping.fm/06NO9

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Just a reminder of what you could be doing. wine sunset beach DauphinIsland http://bit.ly/bRwt0F

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Busy couple of weeks creating media for launch of http://ping.fm/8OlzF Gulf Coast must support.
Holiday Isle forclosure auction.
Well it was a great deal for a few on Friday. Not all units were sold.
2 bedroom 2 baths for 143K
3 bedroom 2 baths for 175-176k
3/3 122 open bid 255K and NO bids.
3/3 501 355k sold.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Sea birds feasting in the surf on Dauphin Island where many bait fish were close to shore.
http://ping.fm/Miswg

Sunday, August 15, 2010

According to Feinberg meetings video ONLY individual & some businesses will be in his process. No government, COC or TDC's will be funded.
If going to Feinberg meeting on DI ask NEW questions & detailed follow-up.
WSRE | Public Forum w/ Ken Feinberg | 08/10/2010 http://ping.fm/W0Di6 via @youtube
Home work for Feinberg meeting next Saturday. http://bit.ly/9RcuOX Watch these videos & become informed.
I do not think the location has been nailed but understand it would be a location that will have priority to locals and property owners.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Holiday Isle condos are back on auction. Contact me mlaney@ForgottenGulf.com auction foreclosure DauphinIsland http://bit.ly/91nzkA

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Take back our Gulf of Mexico. Lobby for a FALL 78th Annual Dauphin Island Fishing Rodeo. GulfCoastRecovery. We can do it!
Have a FALL 78th Annual Dauphin Island Fishing Rodeo canceled by oilspill. Poke Mobile Jaycees

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A beautiful day on oil free beaches on Dauphin Island. Cloudy in the AM but now-Gorgeous!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

VOTE for the Gulf. http://bit.ly/b7wZ5O
Hazard/Flood mitigation funding deadline 8/12/2010 Wanda @ wsandagger@townofdauphinisland.org 251-861-5525

Monday, August 2, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010

HELP! Need budget info for a small vintage/retro circus. Animal

Friday, July 30, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Support pet friendly beaches? Support Dauphin Island. We love well behaved pets. PLS RT
Planning for some fun family events on Dauphin Island in August
The beach and water are beautiful on Dauphin Island today.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

AUCTION SCHEDULED
UPDATED on July 22nd, 2010.
Recent sales to date http://bit.ly/HolidayIsleSOLD20100722
As of this morning the auction is still on.
I have a list of some of the prime units or can send photos/videos of some these as well.

82 fantastic units at Holiday Isle condos on Dauphin Island are scheduled for lender foreclosure auction.

There are some truly stunning units included in this offering. If you need someone with local knowledge of all the units, the construction, the sales and the island market I am available to consult on this sale. Time is of the essence so contact me immediately.

Investors, the time is ripe to own practically a whole upper floor of Holiday Isle including a prime end unit. This has the potential to be a wonderful private floor or treated as a prime hotel-like setting.

This is the ONLY concrete constructed mid-rise on Gulf Front property on Dauphin Island. Construction costs were around $300 a sq ft. These units could sell for well below 170 a sq ft, the rates for some recent sales.

My fee to represent a buyer at this auction is 1%.

Recent sales link since 12/01/2009

Contact:

Marion Laney, Realtor

ACP Real Estate, inc

251-650-4017

mlaney@ForgottenGulf.com

holidayisle@ideawercs.net

http://ForgottenGulf.com

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Holiday Isle condo bank AUCTION 7/23 Dauphin Island real estate hit by oilspill http://ping.fm/UHjh1

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New HAZMAT info coming out:
Firefighters to be on boats and "have verifiable HazWoper and/or Hazardous Materials Technician Certification. Individuals will be working on boats overseeing the collection of oil from the gulf. Due to federal requirements, each vessel must have one person on board that has one of the above-mentioned certifications before it can collect hazardous materials."
Black Tide has launched it's new website. We will post videos, commentary & info http:BlackTide.TV BP OilSpill
Fundraiser for Mobile Baykeeper. Wish I could afford it. http://ping.fm/7aROW

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Black Tide TV has pre-launched. Our neighbors stories from the BP Oil Spill. Site and videos evolving daily. More to come. http://ping.fm/BeqVB

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Orange Beach watched oil move into Perdido Pass & attended a meeting wearing T-shirts saying, "We've been BPeed on!"
Dauphin Island businesses w/BP Oil Spill claims issues meeting Commerce Secretary in Mobile. BP OilSpill Claims
Low oxygen pockets forming in Gulf of Mexico. Some my be oil related. http://ping.fm/lPSJs

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Katrina Cut to be filled in to protect Sound and Bay. http://ping.fm/rG8TG
Need to immediately lower property tax in Mobile and Baldwin. Hold BP accountable for losses. http://ping.fm/eTREO

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

CNN reporting from Dauphin Island. Finally, they are showing the pretty water.
John King live.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Be careful if you are sensitive to strong language: http://ping.fm/NMwNS
Congressional hearings underway. Kelby Linn of Dauphin Island will speaking next.
US House Field Hearing “Local Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” http://bit.ly/CongressTestimonyKelbyLinn

Sunday, June 6, 2010

AL's Bob Riley is beyond frustrated with BP/Coast Guard http://ping.fm/xip4o BPoilspill
Real Estate broker Kelby Linn to testify on BP Oil Spill and effect on Dauphin Island. http://ping.fm/XO1pR
Finished the first leg of documenting the BP oil spill. Editing of a few 3min segments underway.
Save the Gulf bird illustrations. BPoilspill
http://ping.fm/93bW4
Our artist friend's water fowl pieces in tribute to what the BP oil spill is destroying. http://ping.fm/hJH3r

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Filming interviews w/ Dauphin Island "Little Red School House" Principal & parents. BPOilSpill More Friday

Monday, May 31, 2010

Pass on to everyone. It will make you cry. http://ping.fm/vLxxM
http://ping.fm/1dEgU It is here. Wake up somebody in Al state government!
Public invited to ask spill questions. The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and its partners to host http://ping.fm/BIfgA
Beautiful beach shots from Dauphin Island on this Facebook page:
http://ping.fm/2Dh9N

Saturday, May 29, 2010

BP idiot if true:
British Petroleum rep Randy Prescott's quote: "Louisiana isn't the only place that has shrimp." Here's Randy'soffice phone number: (713) 323-4093 (713) 323-4093 ...give him a call! You can tell him..."And BP isn't the only place that has fuel for my car!" His email is: Randy.Prescott@bp.com
BP oil spill overview/ Top Kill technical overview
http://ping.fm/9B4OF
Gulf of Mexico Dauphin Island beach webcam http://ping.fm/xR2Cx

Friday, May 28, 2010

Louisiana needs its share of offshore oil revenue now, Mr. President: An editorial (ALSO ALABAMA coastal counties)
http://ping.fm/5Osug

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Philippe Cousteau Jr. and Sam Champion take hazmat dive into Gulf's oily waters
http://ping.fm/vyjU0
Live recording ofbeach from DauphinIslandWebcam.com 201/05/26
http://ping.fm/uuu03
COE needs to heed Alabama governments water release ideas for controlling oil's approach. http://ping.fm/reH12
Official says BP won't pay Baldwin County (Al) for response
http://ping.fm/IUON5

Sunday, May 23, 2010

BP oil spill NOW making landfall. How many animals are just sinking?
http://ping.fm/mU4DN

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Dauphin Island beach w/swimmers 2010/05/19
http://ping.fm/g3Q3h
Dauphin Island 78th Annual Fishing Rodeo to be held on DI. The organizers say it does NOT need to move. http://ping.fm/GSUHh

Monday, May 17, 2010

Huge manmade barrier island project to be started immediately underway http://bit.ly/9HlbJu Louisiana DauphinIsland Close Katrina CUT NOW!
BP official discusses oil spill while in Mobile Ala. http://ping.fm/7fhyj
Don't miss FANTASTIC beach weather. Dauphin Island still looking great. My rental homes: ACCESSIBLE The water: CLEAR. Media WRONG.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010

National Incident Commander to hold news conference in Dauphin Island, Ala., 5/14, 2010, 9a.m. CDT 1592 Bienville Ave.http://ping.fm/fDZHO
VoTE MArdi Gras !! http://ping.fm/ZDv1n
Anyone from MS, LA, AL, FL want to comment on the media & PR from the oil industry before & after the spill? A overseas network that would like a cellphone/webcam comment.
NY Times reports the beaches are open and ready.
http://ping.fm/S0pbE Dauphin Island
Would like to know about oil eating bacteria cultured by Auburn University. For use in Bayou La Batre & MS coast. Anyone know anything?
Another morning on Dauphin Island where it is on CNN.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Local businesses bypassed as crews swarm island. http://ping.fm/LsZIW
DAUPHIN ISLAND-Shoreline Cleanup & Assessment Technique team walk past some of the local wildlife conducting assessments & surveys along the beach at Dauphin Island to search for any oil washing ashore, May 9, 2010 from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Watkins. http://ping.fm/Ftf7o

Sunday, May 9, 2010

From a former Dauphin Island resident:
Oceans need a hero -- John Wayne would do
http://ping.fm/JlHKi
Dauphin Island beach today at President Jefferson Ct.
http://ping.fm/VpQuO
We need independent confirmation of these flows so Gulf communities can realistically assess the potential destruction.
Yes, I know the oil industry has good equipment but we BETTER have as good a ROV team in our military.
Why is our US Navy not using our best ROV team to independently assess the BP oil flow rate claims??
Who is hiding what? BP oilspill

Saturday, May 8, 2010

UPDATE:BP oil spill press conference audio http://ping.fm/ux5d9
Ice crystals stymie BO oil spill fix.
http://ping.fm/mcXZs
STOP GILLNETTING. Conservation dept. commissioner Barnett Lawley signed a order waiving restrictions to gillnetting @ Dauphin Island. oilspill

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Mobile Bay Ferry update for crossing http://ping.fm/4zW1a or on Facebook at http://ping.fm/Jv5aw
Dauphin Island Flyover. Shows oil near the island. Scene of Oyster Reef restoration in jeopardy. PLSReTweet http://bit.ly/DauphinIslandBPFlyOver
Dauphin Island Flyover. Shows oil near the island. Scene of Oyster Reef restoration in jeopardy. ReTweet http://ping.fm/NOAoT
BP oilspill claim site in Bayou la Batre http://ping.fm/nErr6
Google BP oil spill crisis map w/many overlays http://bit.ly/bsgCks
Another daily episode of the BP sponsored Oil Soap "Spill BABY Spill". A continuing series I wish I could cancel.
Wildlife, heron, shorebirds unprotected on Dauphin Island. http://bit.ly/DauphinIslandUnprotectedShorebirds
Dauphin Island wildlife nesting/breeding area NOT protected! Ship cleaning adjacent to this & Audubon area. BP
http://bit.ly/DeSotoLanding_BP01

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Friday, April 23, 2010

52nd Dauphin Island Race postponed until Sunday due to storms. Be safe on the water.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Beach property still an option. Buyer credit expires soon for repeat home buyers.
http://ping.fm/udTuL

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Great news for Mobile Aerospace. EADS confirms they will bid on tanker contract with Airforce.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

All you homeowners/rental mangers and renters. You need the Zip-it http://ping.fm/ey7DV
Top job growth areas include Mobile, Al
http://ping.fm/pj1rd
Upcoming Art Exposition on Dauphin Island.
Cadillac Square on May 1st and 2nd.
Discovery Day - Open House at the Estuarium
10:00AM April 17th
102 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island AL
Free games/activities.
Free admission up to age 18. 14 & under by an adult.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

@PressRegister: Drinks with the fishes: Event will benefit Dauphin Island Sea Lab http://bit.ly/9RTfGn
Gumbo Cook-off and silent auction at the Isle Dauphine Club on Dauphin Island 4/10/2010 Support local charities.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Good Eats Thurs nights starting April. 2 eps @ 8 & 8:30 on Thurs & still on every night at 11.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Spring Break discounted beach house. Dune House on Dauphin Island April dates.
http://bit.ly/DuneHouseBeach

Friday, March 12, 2010

Summer 2010 rentals on the Gulf Coast is way ahead of recent years. Is the economy becoming a non-issue? Dauphin Island is very close to many areas and population centers so this may partially explain the no vacancy at many beach rental homes.
Great part is even with full houses the island still has deserted beaches.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Dauphin Island beach rentals are filling up fast for summer 2010.

Dauphin Island beach vacation rentals are trending quite a bit ahead of Summer and Spring Break 2009. 2009 was a full occupancy Summer Season as the island is seen as a huge bargain with new beachfront and direct beach access cottages renting for 1750-2400 for a week which sleep at least 10 friends and family.

Mobile's Austel based Superferry delivers fast aid to Haiti.

Mobile, AL SuperFerry tasked to deliver up to 800tons of supplies to Haiti each voyage. http://bit.ly/6DUDPQ

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Mardi Gras- X's 2 this weekend

After a rainlout on Jan 16th Dauphin Islands secret parading societies will have back to back throws, moonpies and downright hilarity this Saturday the 22nd on both sides of Bienville.
Come on out to the island!

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