95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's New Country » BP http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:39:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How Did the Gulf Coast Spend the $754 Million From BP? http://kezj.com/how-did-the-gulf-coast-spend-the-754-million-from-bp/ http://kezj.com/how-did-the-gulf-coast-spend-the-754-million-from-bp/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:29:17 +0000 Jackie http://kezj.com/?p=6532  

BP has paid more than $754 MILLION to state and city governments in the Gulf Coast region because of the oil spill.  The money came with almost no strings attached . . . just that it had to be loosely tied to recovering from the spill. 

And the governments that got the money REALLY took that whole "loosely tied to the recovery" thing seriously.  Here are some of the things that they've purchased . . .

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