Comments on: ‘Proximity’ Standard Dropped For Oil Spill Claims http://www.northescambia.com/2010/10/proximity-standard-dropped-for-oil-spill-claims Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: me http://www.northescambia.com/2010/10/proximity-standard-dropped-for-oil-spill-claims/comment-page-1#comment-55511 me Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:37:56 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=30434#comment-55511 I agree with anydaynow. At the time the BP disaster happened unemployment was still in the double digits and also the fact that the few people getting unemployment compensation at that time had come to an end and people were awaiting an extension of the unemployment benefits. It is just plain greed for a lot of the people. Take Mobile for instance, they finally received a nice check from BP and instead of using the money to balance the budget they used some of the money on bayfest and are going to use some on the Moonpie drop and almost immediately went to work on filiing another claim with bp for loss revenue and taxes due to the oil spill. I myself, was raised that if you could not afford something then you just did not buy it or did without which is what a lot of these government people should do.You certainly did not buy anything before your bills were paid. The only people I feel should receive the money from BP are the families of the ones that died because of the explosion and the ones who have lost jobs and the seafood industry. Noone has any way of knowing if the economy would have been any different at that time or if the hotel/tourism would have been any different because, lets not forget that people did not have jobs and a good many people were not receiving unemployment compensation at that time. I agree with anydaynow. At the time the BP disaster happened unemployment was still in the double digits and also the fact that the few people getting unemployment compensation at that time had come to an end and people were awaiting an extension of the unemployment benefits. It is just plain greed for a lot of the people. Take Mobile for instance, they finally received a nice check from BP and instead of using the money to balance the budget they used some of the money on bayfest and are going to use some on the Moonpie drop and almost immediately went to work on filiing another claim with bp for loss revenue and taxes due to the oil spill. I myself, was raised that if you could not afford something then you just did not buy it or did without which is what a lot of these government people should do.You certainly did not buy anything before your bills were paid. The only people I feel should receive the money from BP are the families of the ones that died because of the explosion and the ones who have lost jobs and the seafood industry. Noone has any way of knowing if the economy would have been any different at that time or if the hotel/tourism would have been any different because, lets not forget that people did not have jobs and a good many people were not receiving unemployment compensation at that time.

]]> By: anydaynow http://www.northescambia.com/2010/10/proximity-standard-dropped-for-oil-spill-claims/comment-page-1#comment-55502 anydaynow Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:31:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=30434#comment-55502 I can't stop laughing about the folks in the area that I know who frequently rant and rave about the need for "tort reform", and here they are now filing tort claims. I guess that stinky ole shoe is on their foot now! There should be a proximity limit on some of these claims, There's a little town up about 40 miles south of Montgomery that filed a damage claim saying that their gas tax revenue was down because of the oil spill. Nevermind the fact that tourism and travel and hotel rentals were down nationwide this year because of unemployment and the economy. I can’t stop laughing about the folks in the area that I know who frequently rant and rave about the need for “tort reform”, and here they are now filing tort claims. I guess that stinky ole shoe is on their foot now!

There should be a proximity limit on some of these claims, There’s a little town up about 40 miles south of Montgomery that filed a damage claim saying that their gas tax revenue was down because of the oil spill. Nevermind the fact that tourism and travel and hotel rentals were down nationwide this year because of unemployment and the economy.

]]> By: Meforone http://www.northescambia.com/2010/10/proximity-standard-dropped-for-oil-spill-claims/comment-page-1#comment-55471 Meforone Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:06:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=30434#comment-55471 Greed/love of $!!! Greed/love of $!!!

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