Democratic legislators criticize Gov. Jindal's handling of Gulf oil spill relief money

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Source: Times-Picayune

Democratic legislators criticize Gov. Jindal's handling of Gulf oil spill relief money
By Bruce Alpert, Times-Picayune
May 29, 2010, 5:18PM


Three Democratic state senators blasted Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday for not quickly distributing $40 million in grants from BP at the same time he's been criticizing the company and the Obama administration for taking too long to provide needed resources to combat the Gulf oil spill.

Jindal has "been out there talking to the people impacted by the disaster and the media and got his life jacket on and is out in the water, but I want him to use his executive power to get resources out there instead of standing on the bully pulpit and pointing fingers," said state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans.

Peterson said that at a meeting Thursday with BP officials, coastal Louisiana legislators and representatives of the Jindal administration, it was disclosed that the state has spent only about $3 million of a $25 million BP grant for spill-related expenses, and that it has not yet issued a contract for BP's $15 million grant to promote tourism attractions threatened by the spill.

It also was revealed that the state has called up only 1,100 of the 6,000 National Guard members authorized for the spill clean-up efforts, Peterson said.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. Oh noes. Republicons get a taste of their own medicine

Their own negativity, whine, and complain comes back to bite them on their own Pharisee keesters. I got a nickel says they will SQUEL now big time, because they can dish it out but cannot handle it.

They need to taste the negativity they dish out so constantly.

[ShockediSay]

2. So much for his Presidential abilities

He accuses Obama of not getting more relief there quickly

and it turns out he's more interested in finger

pointing than getting more relief there quickly.

Typical hypocrisy.

[PSPS]

3. It takes time to funnel that much money into cronies' and your own pockets.

[Left Coast2020]

4. Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me............I know the answer to this!!!

He'll tell government that he don't want a stimulus handout, or government assistence and then in dark of night take the damn check? Is that the right answer or what?

[Dappleganger]

5. All talk and no walk.

Typical republiCON.

[D-Lee]

6. Jindal is trying to figure out how to spend the money on real estate and gambling boats ...

That's what is taking the time.

LOL (or maybe not) ...