Perhaps you saw news footage of President Obama in Grand Isle, La., on Friday and thought things didn't look all that bad. Well, there may have been a reason for that: The town was evidently swarmed by an army of temp workers to spruce it up for the president and the national news crews following him.
Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts, whose district encompasses Grand Isle, told Yahoo! News that BP bused in "hundreds" of temporary workers to clean up local beaches. And as soon as the president was en route back to Washington, the workers were clearing out of Grand Isle too, Roberts said.
"The level of cleanup and cooperation we've gotten from BP in the past is in no way consistent to the effort shown on the island today," Roberts said by telephone. "As soon as the president left, they were immediately put back on the buses and sent home."
So much for BP putting forth its best efforts in the clean-up.
H/T to The Huffington Post.
Weeping. Can't we plug the leak with BP oil executives.
ReplyDeleteI'm game, Susan.
ReplyDeleteWhy am I not surprised?
ReplyDeleteSCG asked if we could plug the leak with BP execs. Well, no, the closest they could come was to use their golf balls.
ReplyDeleteUp here in the Midwest, we are praying for measures to mitigate your disaster. Let us know what else we can do.
Does BP control the coastal islands of Louisiana? Somebody in authority should have stopped them.
ReplyDeletePfalz prophet, I see that BP offers to train volunteers to clean up. BP should pay people, too, and not only when Obama visits.
ReplyDeleteOrmonde, it seems that BP can do whatever they want. Who's in charge?
Weeping and Praying fo Louisiana and Nature and Civilization!
ReplyDeleteGöran, thank you, luv.
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