Congratulations, John Henry Hankinson, Jr.

Local resident John Henry Hankinson, Jr., former EPA Regional Administrator, has been named by President Barack Obama to run the cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico from BP's and Halliburton's oil "spill."

Kudos.

Five years ago, Mr. Hankinson was very helpful to local activists who reported the City of St. Augustine's illegal dumping in the Old City Reservoir, a coquina pit lake, which Mr. Hankinson referred to as "an open sore going straight down into the aquifer and the groundater."

Godspeed, Mr. Hankinson.