Jindal vetoes bill to open oil spill records

[Modbert]

Jindal vetoes bill to open oil spill records

BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Bobby Jindal rejected a bill Friday that would have required him to make public and to preserve all his office's documents involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

In his veto letter, the governor said the legislation would have hurt the state's position in future litigation against BP PLC, the oil giant that leased the rig which exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing the disaster.

"This bill would allow BP and other parties with potential liability to the state to obtain information retained by any state agency responding to this tragic event," Jindal wrote, saying such access could jeopardize the state's position in seeking legal remedy for the spill's damage.

The Senate sponsor of the public records provision said Friday night that Jindal's veto was expected. He noted that the governor has repeatedly fought attempts to require preservation and open most of his office's records to public scrutiny.

"This governor has opposed transparency for the three years he's been in office, so that's not a surprise. What is sad about all this is it's just another black eye on Louisiana internationally now," said Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton.

and both the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly for passage of the public records requirement.

Adley also called it hypocritical for the governor to push BP to open some of its records to the state even as Jindal refuses to release his own.

Curiouser and Curiouser.

 

[editec]

Hmmmmm...

Yes, it is.

 

[Ravi]

Jindal feels that records of his actions would in some way get BP off the hook?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[editec]

Jindal feels that records of his actions would in some way get BP off the hook?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

They might.

If for example, those records show that the State of LA was in bed with BP and signed off on that rig's lack of safety equipment, then LA might find itself as a codefendent rather than a plantiff in the lawsuits that are sure to follow.

And given that LA's government has been in bed with the Petrocracy for decades, that's not such a farfetched possibility.

 

[Article 15]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Jindal feels that records of his actions would in some way get BP off the hook?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

They might.

If for example, those records show that the State of LA was in bed with BP and signed off on that rig's lack of safety equipment, then LA might find itself as a codefendent rather than a plantiff in the lawsuits that are sure to follow.

And given that LA's government has been in bed with the Petrocracy for decades, that's not such a farfetched possibility.

"•President Obama received the largest single contribution from BP of all presidential candidates ($77,000) in 2008.
•Since the spill, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has OK'd as many as 26 drilling approvals for BP using the same "categorical exclusions" that eliminated the need for a detailed review of the Deepwater Horizon and the Atlantis.

But of all these disturbing factoids, perhaps none is more troubling than the simple fact the Obama administration, which ran and was elected on the notion of transparency, seems to be aiding and abetting a crime of disinformation and corporate obfuscation. I am in direct contact with several groups — journalists, scientists, nonprofit organizations — and all have reported the same thing ... it is next to impossible to gain the access desperately needed for independent monitoring and verification of damages in the region."
Dirty facts about the BP oil catastrophe | MNN - Mother Nature Network

 

[RadiomanATL]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

Carter?

 

[Article 15]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

Carter?

I was thinking Wilson in honor of PC's predictable response and fulfillment of my e-prophecy.

 

[Sarah G]

I never did like this guy.

Open them books..

 

[RadiomanATL]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

Carter?

I was thinking Wilson in honor of PC's predictable response and fulfillment of my e-prophecy.

Bad news guy.....

 

[PoliticalChic]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

Carter?

I was thinking Wilson in honor of PC's predictable response and fulfillment of my e-prophecy.

If only I could find a way to link......

 

[Article 15]

Carter?

I was thinking Wilson in honor of PC's predictable response and fulfillment of my e-prophecy.

Bad news guy.....

I know ... he's not much of a conversationalist but he makes up for it with style.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Will the LA Legislature be subject to the same rules?

 

[Ravi]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

That's awesome...the very next post answers your question.

 

[editec]

I'll give you guys one guess who this is bad for.

All of us NOT part of the legal conspiracy?

 

[The Rabbi]

Gee, Jindal acts to protect the interests of his state and only a twit like Modbert could spin that into something evil. If it were some liberal weenie gov he'd be crying that he was sacrificing his state's interests to BP.
What a maroon.

 

[Old Rocks]

Jindal acts to protect the interests of the people wishing to apologize to BP for letting their beaches and estuaries get in the way of BPs oil.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Jindal feels that records of his actions would in some way get BP off the hook?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

They might.

If for example, those records show that the State of LA was in bed with BP and signed off on that rig's lack of safety equipment, then LA might find itself as a codefendent rather than a plantiff in the lawsuits that are sure to follow.

And given that LA's government has been in bed with the Petrocracy for decades, that's not such a farfetched possibility.

Won't all of such records be released during discovery anyway?