BP Lies?

Who knew? The Local Puppy Trainer covers the latest change from “We will make it right”: BP: No claims to be paid in Florida for losses in May

BP officials have decided not to fully honor claims made by Florida businesses for losses prior to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill reaching the state.
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BP officials say the company hasn’t changed its stance on which claims it will honor.

Mary Shafer-Malicki, the deputy incident commander for Florida, sent state Sen. Don Gaetz what she termed “a clarification” of company policy when he asked for it last week.

“BP will make claim payments based on the time an area has been impacted due to oiled beaches. This is consistent with the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), which is guiding BP’s claims process,” the statement said.

“In general, Louisiana had oiled beaches or marshes in May, while Alabama, Mississippi and Florida did not have beaches oiled until June,” it said.

“Looks like some backtracking to me,” said [state senator Don] Gaetz, R-Niceville.
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While Shafer-Malicki insisted there had been no change to BP’s claims policy, another high-ranking BP official said earlier that there was “no validity” to rumors that claims from Florida for losses in May would not be honored.

“Claims made in May are just as valid as they ever were,” said Howard Miller, a BP representative who was recently moved out of the state Emergency Operations Center. “Any properly documented claim that is made will be reimbursed.”

When asked if BP had changed its claims policy after he left, Miller deferred to BP officials working in the state.

To Chad Hamilton, chairman of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, BP’s latest revelation seems to indicate that everyone’s greatest fears about the reliability of the company are being realized.

“I think this stance by BP is another signal they’re retreating and that’s going to continue to happen. We all had trouble believing their stance of ‘we will make it right’ since day one, and this is your answer. It’s a clear signal,” he said.

Get real, other than Republicans who really thought a multinational corporation was ever going to tell the truth if a lie was cheaper. Grow up, they are scorpions, and cheating people out of compensation is their policy. They aren’t going to actually change because they screwed up in a major way. They have legal departments and own politicians, so the truth has no meaning for them.