$10 BILLION of economic impact -- now that's what I call "important"

The Miami Herald reports that ten billion dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs could be lost if Florida's tourist economy gets ruined by the Gulf oil spill.

Last month, other-directed and self-important St. Augustine WRecKord Editor Peter Ellis didn't want to report about how the elected City Commissioners of the City of St. Augustine and City of St. Augustine Beach each voted 4-1 to oppose offshore oil drilling off Florida's coast.

Ellis pompously lectured me (in an E-mail) that I should be concerned only "with important" things, stating the Commissioners were merely expressing their opinions.

The death count is 14 dead workers and thousands of sea and air critters.

Ellis finally ran the story when I spoke to the publisher, Ron Davidson.

The St. Augustine WRecKord doesn't know much about anything.