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9/27/2010
Billy Nungesser, President of Plaquemines Parish, LA, opening remarks at the National Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Public Meeting. During his remarks he states, “Sitting here today, I still can’t tell you who’s in charge…This was a disaster from the way it was handled from day 1.”
From C-SPAN coverage (9/27/10).
Update: Read also, Plaquemines residents bombard oil spill claims staff with form letters asking for grocery money
About half the households in Plaquemines Parish are using form letters, some provided by Parish Council members on official parish letterhead, to ask oil spill claims czar Kenneth Feinberg to cover their personal food costs — and none include any documentation, Feinberg said…
…”No grocery receipts, no documentation, just an allegation of subsistence loss,” Feinberg said. “Four thousand claims where the claim form is exactly the same, including the misspelling. Outrageous! I can’t pay those claims.”…
