Alabama Says Stay out of the Water

Steven L. Taylor · Friday, June 4, 2010 · No Comments

Via the AP: Health officials: Beachgoers stay out of the water

Dr. Donald Williamson, Alabama’s state health officer, said Friday the advisory applies to all of Alabama’s beaches and the bay waters adjacent to Fort Morgan on the Baldwin County shore.

He said oil from the spreading BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico is visible at Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan on the eastern side of Mobile Bay, and it is anticipated to continue moving eastward.

Not exactly what the local economy needs…

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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science at Troy University. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. He is the author of Voting Amid Violence: Electoral Democracy in Colombia and is currently working on a comparative study of the US to 29 other democracies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging at PoliBlog since 2003. Follow Steven on Twitter

Alabama Says Stay out of the Water

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