BP official grilled by frustrated mayors

[Demstud]

(CNN) -- Frustrated Gulf Coast mayors confronted a BP official during a news conference Saturday after they said requests to meet with high-ranking executives at the oil company went unanswered.
The incident occurred as BP's senior vice president briefed reporters in Mobile, Alabama, about the ongoing efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Fryar said an operation underway to funnel crude from the underwater gusher to a surface vessel was going "extremely well," and that he was "pleased" with the effort thus far.
Robert Kraft, the mayor of Gulf Shores, took issue with that characterization, saying, "I don't know who represents you in our community, but I would love to have one of your guys go down and look at our beaches and tell me that what you see is effective and is working."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/05/gulf.oil.disaster.mayors/index.html


Ouch. Nice to see some local officials going right after BP's spin doctors. Disgusting that BP is avoiding the representatives of those most affected by the disaster.

[XOKCowboy]

1. "I feel like I'm David and Goliath and I've run out of rocks."

Get used to it. As another mayor said BP made it clear that their first obligation is to their shareholders.

[charlesg]

2. "(Fryar) made it very clear to us ... that (BP's) first obligation is their shareholders"