http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/scott-bondi-persuade-bp-claims-czar-to-improve-florida-cases/ News about politics and government in Florida Sat, 25 May 2013 08:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/scott-bondi-persuade-bp-claims-czar-to-improve-florida-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-126233 Sandra Johnson Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.postonpolitics.com/?p=23775#comment-126233 What about all of the people who are evicted. People turned in Emergency paperwork before the deadline and ALOT were denied like they were tossed to the side due to timing. I myself have turned in eviction notice, water was shut off, been traveling looking for a job, No one can tell us anything. Everyday I am checking the status of now what is an Interim Payment and I just asked the question "Is this just a joke"? They dont care about the single parents who have worked and have lost money due to the oil spill. I am tired of waiting. They keep putting us off! What about all of the people who are evicted. People turned in Emergency paperwork before the deadline and ALOT were denied like they were tossed to the side due to timing. I myself have turned in eviction notice, water was shut off, been traveling looking for a job, No one can tell us anything. Everyday I am checking the status of now what is an Interim Payment and I just asked the question “Is this just a joke”? They dont care about the single parents who have worked and have lost money due to the oil spill. I am tired of waiting. They keep putting us off!

]]> http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/scott-bondi-persuade-bp-claims-czar-to-improve-florida-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-126220 Mark Putnal Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:18:20 +0000 http://www.postonpolitics.com/?p=23775#comment-126220 Thank you for allowing comments. The letter from the Governor and AG to Mr. Feinberg falls way short of what is necessary to avoid small businesses from filing lawsuits against BP/GCCF/Feinberg. Mr. Feinberg should have been doing all these things eight months ago. The problem that the Governor and AG fails to see is that there is a serious conflict of interest between Feinberg/GCCF and BP. This is an adversarial process but we were mislead intentionally by Mr. Feinberg that he is "independent" of BP. You can not negotiate your own compensation from one party in a conflict and then represent yourself as neutral between the two parties in the conflict! Then I ask how is it that Mr. Feinberg is being allowed to get away with this? The answer is a mystery to me as a small business owner whose revenue continues to hold at 35% lower over the previous year at this time. The GCCF is either a very brilliant numbers scam against the intent of OPA or this has nothing whatsoever to do with OPA and established guidelines. Recovery factor, LOI and complete omittance of "Capacity" and "Increased Expenses" are designed for one thing and that is to protect BP from spending 20 billion dollars on claims while decreasing their legal risk in court. Small businesses are the most affected because we do not have anyone representing us but ourselves and the GCCF was conceived to manipulate, frustrate, delay and deny our damage claims. Big business have the ability to take their claims to court and pursue punitive awards while small business are left with no help from our elected officials. Yet it is a well known economic factoid that small business spend money in the local economies while large business do not. Elected officials talk about the small business person for votes but when there is an issue like this where they could really do something they seem to "allow Mr. Feinberg's process to continue for now". Mr. Feinberg's process will help BP and hurt small business Floridians if "allowed to continue". Mr. Feinberg needs to be thanked for his effort and then replaced by someone who does not negotiate their own payment contracts for one side in an adversarial process. Thank you for allowing comments. The letter from the Governor and AG to Mr. Feinberg falls way short of what is necessary to avoid small businesses from filing lawsuits against BP/GCCF/Feinberg. Mr. Feinberg should have been doing all these things eight months ago. The problem that the Governor and AG fails to see is that there is a serious conflict of interest between Feinberg/GCCF and BP. This is an adversarial process but we were mislead intentionally by Mr. Feinberg that he is “independent” of BP. You can not negotiate your own compensation from one party in a conflict and then represent yourself as neutral between the two parties in the conflict! Then I ask how is it that Mr. Feinberg is being allowed to get away with this? The answer is a mystery to me as a small business owner whose revenue continues to hold at 35% lower over the previous year at this time. The GCCF is either a very brilliant numbers scam against the intent of OPA or this has nothing whatsoever to do with OPA and established guidelines. Recovery factor, LOI and complete omittance of “Capacity” and “Increased Expenses” are designed for one thing and that is to protect BP from spending 20 billion dollars on claims while decreasing their legal risk in court. Small businesses are the most affected because we do not have anyone representing us but ourselves and the GCCF was conceived to manipulate, frustrate, delay and deny our damage claims. Big business have the ability to take their claims to court and pursue punitive awards while small business are left with no help from our elected officials. Yet it is a well known economic factoid that small business spend money in the local economies while large business do not. Elected officials talk about the small business person for votes but when there is an issue like this where they could really do something they seem to “allow Mr. Feinberg’s process to continue for now”. Mr. Feinberg’s process will help BP and hurt small business Floridians if “allowed to continue”. Mr. Feinberg needs to be thanked for his effort and then replaced by someone who does not negotiate their own payment contracts for one side in an adversarial process.

]]> http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/scott-bondi-persuade-bp-claims-czar-to-improve-florida-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-125940 lwrenn Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:55:31 +0000 http://www.postonpolitics.com/?p=23775#comment-125940 Lip service and empty promises from the GCCF. Sort of like two years we will have 100% recovery! Lip service and empty promises from the GCCF. Sort of like two years we will have 100% recovery!

]]> http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/scott-bondi-persuade-bp-claims-czar-to-improve-florida-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-125865 Unreal Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:33:26 +0000 http://www.postonpolitics.com/?p=23775#comment-125865 Breaking News: I just saw a pig fly by! Breaking News: I just saw a pig fly by!

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