3. Q: Amy McCullough, Mississippi Business Journal, Oct 28, 2010
"While Mississippi Gulf Coast casino workers' BP oil spill claims for lost wages are being denied, some New Orleans restaurant workers are hitting the lottery -- despite the fact that that many Big Easy restaurants didn't suffer a devastating tourism blow like Mississippi businesses. The Sun Herald reports that only three of hundreds of claims filed by casino employees have been paid by BP. The rest have been denied. GCCF claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg said in many cases, casino employees have been unable to show economic damage caused by the April blowout of BP Deepwater Horizon oil well. The New Orleans City Business reports that bartenders, waiters, cooks, and dishwashers are receiving checks for as much as $25,000."
A: Really? How would Kenneth Feinberg know about any casino cases when all gccf resources, both locally and in Ohio, tell us that casino claims are not being looked at at all, and have been categorically denied without any review? Further, New Orleans is fifty miles removed from any oil, while the Coast of Mississippi is covered.
4. Q: casinobpclaims blog, Nov 23, 2010
"As published at http://www.casinobpclaims.blogspot.com/, "We spoke with both an office representative and a supervisor. They continue to provide very little hard news. They did confirm that all "casinos" claims were categorically denied without individual review. They did confirm that the reason that Mississippi claims have been so statistically skewed toward denial is that we have such a high percentage of "casinos" claims having been categorically denied. They did confirm that what Mr. Feinberg had to say about casino claims being treated equally with tourism claims had not been implemented in a manner timely enough to prevent our tidal wave of denials."
A: See #1 and #3. Recent conversations with gccf local and 800# representatives confirm that all "casinos" claims were denied categorically.
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