City council corks BP executive at meeting

[highplainsdem]

Source: Pensacola News Journal

City council corks BP executive at meeting
Jamie Page
May 25, 2010


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BP spokeswoman Liz Castro drew the council's ire after saying BP relocated its boom deployment staging area from Pensacola Naval Air Station to privately owned Pensacola Shipyards on Bayou Chico because NAS will not allow the decontamination of oil-soaked booming material on its property.

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Patrick Nichols, spokesman for Pensacola NAS, said this morning that NAS never asked BP to relocate its boom deployment staging area from NAS; that it was BP’s decision to leave the site.

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Council members then began a barrage of other questions, including whether the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued appropriate environmental permits for BP's operations on Bayou Chico and how BP plans to keep floating crude out of Pensacola's inland waters.

Castro was bubbly and upbeat in her demeanor but could answer none of the council members' questions.

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Read more: http://www.pnj.com/article/20100525/NEWS01/5250316/City-council-corks-BP-executive-at-meeting

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The mayor finally cut her off four pages into her 19-page presentation.

It's a local story, but it's worth reading as an example of BP spokespersons continuing to lie or postpone answering questions, and local government officials making it clear that isn't satisfactory.

Federal officials could learn something from that city council and mayor.

[Scuba]

1. They should have ordered her arrest, and that of any other BP criminals

[Angry Dragon]

2. bp has no clue of what is going on

and how to fix it..........greedy people at the top ..pissing on the little people on the bottom.

[valerief]

3. They know. They don't care. Period. nt

[donco6]

4. They (BP) don't know who they're dealing with.

They really think people are ignorant dumbfucks who don't know how to see through obfuscation. They send some pretty young thing out to "keep people calm" with talking points and slides, then are shocked when the council wants detailed specific answers to questions.

[Frustratedlady]

5. Did this spokeswoman used to work for the Republican Party...

It seems they are all fast talkers and all but sing their messages. They don't breathe so that others aren't given an opportunity to interrupt. I swear they have a class they go to since they all defend the Repugs in the same manner.

[drm604]

6. "bubbly and upbeat"

So BP is sending spokesmodels to city council meetings. I can't say I'm surprised.

[Crowman1979]

7. Or coke whores.