If you live in Okaloosa County, Florida, or Destin on Florida’s Emerald Coast and are wondering who’s going to be calling the shots if black crude oil comes ashore — wonder no more. It won’t be the federal government.
“I think there’s a fundamental flaw in the federal response,” said Dino Villani, the county’s public safety director.
“When you’re down in the trenches trying to respond like we are, it doesn’t work,” he said.
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