((HT: CNN))
Yeah, we know this is a news story...
But with an entire ecosystem going down the tubes in Louisiana, the HQ figured you might want to know about your government at work... or not at work...
Federal inspectors overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf accepted meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored, according to the Interior Department's inspector general.
Some accepted tickets to the 2005 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. One inspector told an office clerk, "Everyone has gotten some sort of gift before at some point," while another admitted that it was okay that they went because they were a big LSU fan...
This was the game held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta because of Hurricane Katrina...
An inspector in the Minerals Management Service office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, conducted inspections of four offshore platforms while negotiating a job with the company. Others let oil and gas company workers fill out their inspection forms in pencil, with the inspectors writing over those entries in ink before turning them in.
Let's just say that the MMS is at the center of a big joke right now that has nothing- and everything- to do with British Petroleum...
Brian Todd was on patrol in Washington, DC
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