Crist assembles legal team to take on BP if necessary

Source: St. Petersburg Times

TALLAHASSEE — Saying he was preparing for the worst while hoping for the best, Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday assembled a small army of generals to provide legal advice to Florida as they brace for a potential legal skirmish with oil giant BP.

Former Attorneys General Bob Butterworth and Jim Smith have agreed to advise Crist, also a former attorney general, and current Attorney General Bill McCollum for no charge on what the state must do to prepare a case again the oil giant.

Their job will "do all the things that may be necessary to be legally prepared for this,'' McCollum said.

McCollum said that BP's general counsel has said it will pay every damage claim filed by both government and individuals for lost revenues, business and environmental costs and "err on the side of granting the claim'' when they are disputed.

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Even the republicans can smell the stink of a dead fish in the water.

n/t.

to know who is running it.

and McCollum and the team are all mostly Republicans. He's very moderate though, yes.

Now that he's an independent?

I am so pissed about what BP did with no regard for the environment and wildlife in the Gulf. I am native of Florida, loved beautiful clear ocean of Panama City Beach, lived near the Florida Keys for years.

according to an e-mail received yesterday.