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Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:34 pm
Posted by longhorn22
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Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:34 pm
Where to look?..should have a bunch of jobs open up due to this...

anyone see anything yet?
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:35 pm to
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42895 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:46 pm to
sorry but nothing came up
Posted by FriscoKid
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2005
5195 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:53 pm to
heard you can get a $1500 per day contract to lay boom in the marsh. all you need is a deckhand @ $350 per day. someone i know says he has a contract in hand and if he comes through I will be his deckhand. sounds to good to e true
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42895 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 12:57 pm to
I would do this, how do you get in touch with people like this?
Posted by FriscoKid
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2005
5195 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:05 pm to
dont know, he was on his way to venice, la to talk with the company. I think its either oilmop or ampol. like i said it sounds to good to be true. he has been taking news crews out for $400 per hour!!
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42895 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:08 pm to
any way to contact?
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
10447 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:22 pm to

From what I hear the people in the effected Parish who are politically connected or in the right families or circles are getting the contracts.

Thats the way it works in South Louisiana.
Posted by Bussemer
Heading South
Member since Dec 2007
2583 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

Thats the way it works in South Louisiana.


Would you rather the work go to out of state contractors? Kinda like after Katrina...
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
10447 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:33 pm to

quote:

Would you rather the work go to out of state contractors? Kinda like after Katrina...


I don't think out of state is the answer. But there are a lot of people in the parishes if not connected politically to the correct family who are shut out. Its not a fair process

But honestly it doesn't concern me.

I know a guy who made millions after Katrina on a FEMA contract which paid for him to buy airboats and supposedly clean debris from the marsh.

I question how much debris was actually ever cleaned up.

Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92902 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:37 pm to
Call around and get donations to help clean up the spill...and then just keep the $. JK...kinda.
Posted by Coon
La 56 Southbound
Member since Feb 2005
18578 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

Would you rather the work go to out of state contractors? Kinda like after Katrina...


I HATE THE CRAP OUT OF THIS ARGUMENT!!! so you're saying you'd rather pay more for a corrupt contract than pay someone less via following the rules? if people from the outside can do it for cheaper, why not use them?
Posted by Bussemer
Heading South
Member since Dec 2007
2583 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:41 pm to
You're assuming a lot with that argument. I meant i'd rather get the guys who have been put out of work by this mess(shrimpers, oystermen, commercial fishermen, guides) to work than the lowest bidder. Maybe Katrina was the wrong example.
Posted by Coon
La 56 Southbound
Member since Feb 2005
18578 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:44 pm to
if they put in a qualified bid and it's low, i have no problem with it. i'd obviously rather local people get the jobs, but legally.

also, is this considered public or private at this point (ie: is BP paying or the gubbment)?
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42895 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:48 pm to
get em' coon
Posted by Bussemer
Heading South
Member since Dec 2007
2583 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:51 pm to
Obama has made it abundantly clear that this whole deal is on BP. Damn, now yall have made me feel like a bleeding heart liberal
Posted by Coon
La 56 Southbound
Member since Feb 2005
18578 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

Obama has made it abundantly clear that this whole deal is on BP. Damn, now yall have made me feel like a bleeding heart liberal


my bad, i thought this was public. i think it would be better PR for them to give it to the locals. the problem is, they're not gonig to ge as organized as an outsider. They need to give whatever contract to someone that will utilize local labor...
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 2:14 pm to
quote:


Thats the way it works in South Louisiana.



I have been fielding calls all day from out of state contractors come down here for work and contracts.

Not to mention I spoke to BD guy at Shaw this morning and he tells me that they are bidding work directly for BP.
Posted by YatTigah
Lakeview, New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2010
517 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

From what I hear the people in the effected Parish who are politically connected or in the right families or circles are getting the contracts.

Thats the way it works in South Louisiana.


i guess people who know people only get the hook up in South Louisiana.
Posted by longhorn22
Nicholls St. Fan
Member since Jan 2007
42895 posts
Posted on 5/4/10 at 3:01 pm to
so to help in the efforts you will have to work for a contractor? or be a volunteer?
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