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We had a really great even in support of California S2R last weekend. There were a lot of questions about Vandenberg. The people at the FLorida Keys and Key West booth said that Vandenberg will go down in October or November.:eyebrow: Is there any substance to this or is this hopeful...

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:shakehead: My wife has told me that I can never complain about her watching House Wives or Lost and other TV soap operas ever again. :popcorn:She says that nothing on her shows is as inprobable or ridiculous as the plot on the Vandenberg.:shakehead::popcorn: Looking at the story from...

:confused:I thought that there was a earlier statement that they were going to take a couple of months in Key West to prepare the ship and load the explosives? Is the ship already in Key West just waiting for the go ahead? :eyebrow: Can they move this into late June or early July...

Everything has gone amazingly quiet.....given the history of this Project that usually indicates another looming disaster.:shakehead::popcorn: The sad truth is that a excellent project for the Keys and Key West in particular is dying a slow death and the very large efforts of this group are...

Sinking it in a nearby state probably would be the best "non Key West" resolution of the issue.:lotsalove: Sink it in New Jersey so when the businesses in Key West :dork2:are wondering where all the summer tourists are the answer will be simple.....they are diving on the ship you could have sunk...

This project really is like one of those old movies with the evil banker:dork2:, the damsel in distress :mooner:(Joe Weatherby?):shakehead: and the train coming down the track. :popcorn:Where is the mountie coming to the rescue?:coffee: MY only question is if they can not get it done before...

Frankly it will take a miracle to make this happen any time soon if this is true.:shakehead: ______________________________________ Norfolk shipyard accuses firm of failing to pay for cleanup work By Tim McGlone The Virginian-Pilot © April 8, 2008 NORFOLK Colonna's Shipyard has filed...

:shakehead::confused: Norfolk shipyard accuses firm of failing to pay for cleanup work By Tim McGlone The Virginian-Pilot © April 8, 2008 NORFOLK Colonna's Shipyard has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a New Jersey company of failing to pay $1.6 million for work on a James River Reserve...

Well if it is not a wreckfest in the Florida Keys it certainly is turning into a CLUSTER******:popcorn::eyebrow:

A very negative editorial from Firdays Key West News Paper - unofrtunately it appears supporters of this great project are bailing out.:dork2::dork2::shakehead::shakehead: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Shaking the money tree an ill-timed bailout When is enough enough? Very, very...

This is from Fridays Ket West Keynoter....it is exactly what this project does not need at this point.:no:no The editor has folded once the going got tough:dork2: +++++++++++++++++++++= Shaking the money tree an ill-timed bailout When is enough enough? Very, very soon...

‘Vandenberg' plans in disarray By Sam Nissen snissen@keynoter.com Posted-Friday, April 4, 2008 10:01 PM EDT Big shortfall puts scuttling into question The USS Hoyt Vandenberg is making more waves without moving an inch. While work to prepare the ship for its final mission as an...

:confused: From the Key West Key Noter ‘Vandenberg' plans in disarray :confused::confused::shakehead: By Sam Nissen snissen@keynoter.com Posted-Friday, April 4, 2008 10:01 PM EDT Big shortfall puts scuttling into question The USS Hoyt Vandenberg is making more waves without moving...

This is from this weekend's Keynoter.:popcorn: :confused: Just how did this develop this later in the project:confused::confused: Hope that they make it :lotsalove:but :shakehead::shakehead: ‘Vandenberg' plans in disarray Big shortfall puts scuttling into question The USS Hoyt...

NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET BUT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS HOPEFULLY NOT A ON COMING TRAIN:coffee::popcorn: READ BELOW:D ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vandenberg project may get help from fund BY MANDY BOLEN Citizen Staff KEY WEST — The 523-foot former military ship...

THEY ARE NOT DEAD YET!!!:lotsalove::popcorn::popcorn: ++++++++++++++++++ McPherson says ‘Vandy' money found By Kyle Teal kteal@keynoter.com But there are no specific promises made The sinking of the USS Hoyt Vandenberg as an artificial reef 7 miles off Key West could become a dead...

Let's keep our fingers crossed:lotsalove: Any idea if this will happen this spring if they get their money:confused: Kind of hard to plan a trip to a new reef with this much political uncertainty going on:popcorn:

Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one.:lotsalove:...does any one have any idea how they found themselves this far over budget at the last minute?:confused: It sounds like the Monroe COunty political scene will be highly entertaining again:popcorn::rofl3:

I agre ....the Governor :dork2:will come in with money and be the hero pushing the button.:popcorn:.....don't you hate the media managment types?:rofl3: