Bobby Jindal to axe officials who took on Big Oil

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Lawsuits against Big Oil make Bobby Jindal feel emotions.

We told you last month that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) doesn’t want Big Oil to be forced to spend billions of dollars to repair the marshes that once protected his state from floods.

Now comes news of the extreme steps Jindal is willing to take to ensure that the gas and oil industry, which has paid more than $1 million into his election campaigns, is protected from a lawsuit filed in July by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.

The flood authority is suing BP, ExxonMobil, and other oil companies in a bid to force them to spend billions restoring shorelines that they tore up while exploring and drilling for gas and oil and building pipelines. Those shorelines had been home to marshes and other coastal ecosystems that naturally buffered the New Orleans area from rising seas and storm surges.

The flood-control officials would like those marshes back, pretty please. But Jindal thinks their lawsuit is an outrageous attack on a wholesome industry that shouldn’t be held accountable for its own actions. He’s moving to kill the lawsuit by reshaping the authority’s 11-person board, axing members who support it. From the New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Garret Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, said Friday that Jindal “will not” reappoint Tim Doody, president of the levee authority, and Vice President John Barry. Both Doody and Barry, whose terms officially expired June 30, have faced attacks from the Jindal administration, which opposes the levee authority’s controversial lawsuit demanding that 97 energy firms repair wetlands damage or pay to repair the damage. …

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Jindal's a piece of shit and the pres. of the levee authority is named Doody.

That was juvenile, I know, but I'm trying to lighten up.

[hobbit709]

2. Politicians really should wear NASCAR type suits with their sponsors(owners) decals on it.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. That would really be a lot of help. We could pick out our

favorite products and vote for them. We could save up our coupons and buy small favors from our reps. At least we'd get a little something we want.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. That's what our HarperSlut does - disagree with Harper, you're outta there.

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It appears too many of our Canuck voters aren't any smarter than our Southern neighbors' voters.

(sigh)

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[Katashi_itto]

5. Jindal is Great. He's doing a fantastic job of destroying the state, our upper education system

hell anything that makes the state run. He's robbing us in New Orleans, taking funds out of our treasury to make up for the huge shortfalls he's creating.

What an awesome person. Piyush still thinks he's got a shot at the Presidency too. That's why he's doing most of this. It's about his presidential aspirations.

[Berlum]

6. Republicon Family Crony Values. As usual.

So called "values" right out of the Cesspool, Inc. (R)

[Mnemosyne]

7. Is he going to exorcise them? nt