Mobile Press Register is reporting: BP complained in a letter to Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (which is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, not the Gulf Coast) that he…
Category: BP Disaster
Broxson on GCCF: “No access or accountability”
State Rep. Doug Broxson traveled to Dublin, Ohio to tour the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, supposedly the headquarters for the claims process run by Ken Feinberg. Broxson was not impressed. He told…
What surprised Ken Feinberg?
This morning I called Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. We had not been able to meet on Monday when he was in Pensacola so we exchanged cell phone…
DOJ: Feinberg group should be spending fund faster
CNN reports that the Justice Department Friday urged changes to speed up the process and to pay more claims from BP’s $20 billion fund. Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli told Kenneth Feinberg,…
Judge: Feinberg is not independent
Bloomberg reports: U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans concluded yesterday that Kenneth Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility can’t identify himself as an independent administrator. He must fully…
Locals travel to Orange Beach and Destin for Feinberg
Ken Feinberg’s bypassed Pensacola on his recent barnstorming tour of the Gulf Coast. Locals had to travel to Destin and Orange Beach to be heard. Feinberg heads the Gulf Coast Claims Facility….
Don’t feel sorry for BP
In the last few days, BP has won the exploration rights to Siberia and has been given oil exploration permits off the Australian coast. Rosnef, leader of Russia’s petroleum industry, struck an…
Unbelievable report from BP subcontractor
County staff reported today that the BP clean-up contractor is reporting that 99 percent of the workers on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are residents from Escambia Count, as per the Unified…
County Commission to address BP clean-up workers
Spoke with Commissioner Grover Robinson last yesterday afternoon. He said he has also heard from other locals laid off by the clean-up subcontractor Southern Cat (based in Lynn Haven) which is tied…
BP clean-up scandal
The subcontractors that are handling the clean-up on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are laying off Escambia County workers and replacing them with out-of-town workers from Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and beyond….
Walton County TDC will file BP claim
WMBB TV reports following in the footsteps of Bay County’s Tourist Development Council, the Walton TDC is filing a claim against BP. Walton County has chosen the same firm Bay County is…
Petition started to oust Feinberg
A petition drive has started in Louisiana to remove Ken Feinberg has head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. It involves residents with Grand Isle, and has been passed through Facebook, among…