Comments on: KINDER MORGAN FINALLY FINED http://www.pspc.com/2008/04/kinder-morgan-finally-fined David vs. Goliath view from Oregon trial lawyers at Paul & Sugerman, PC Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:33:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Saildude http://www.pspc.com/2008/04/kinder-morgan-finally-fined/comment-page-1#comment-49 Saildude Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:09:38 +0000 http://www.pspc.com/?p=140#comment-49 Good job Jerry Cressa! We are dealing with Kinder Morgan dumping their "product" in the water here in South Carolin too. I personally video taped them polluting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63KuNiZwuQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4w4lzvidM and reported it to our DHEC. What did I get for this civic mindedness? A visit from Homeland Security and an illegal no warrant search. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A30895 http://kindermorganwatch.org/seahawk http://kindermorganwatch.org/files/Call%20from%20USCG%20short.mp3 Keep up the good work! Good job Jerry Cressa!

We are dealing with Kinder Morgan dumping their “product” in the water here in South Carolin too. I personally video taped them polluting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63KuNiZwuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4w4lzvidM

and reported it to our DHEC. What did I get for this civic mindedness?

A visit from Homeland Security and an illegal no warrant search.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A30895
http://kindermorganwatch.org/seahawk
http://kindermorganwatch.org/files/Call%20from%20USCG%20short.mp3

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Jerry Cressa http://www.pspc.com/2008/04/kinder-morgan-finally-fined/comment-page-1#comment-46 Jerry Cressa Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:24:48 +0000 http://www.pspc.com/?p=140#comment-46 This week Kinder Morgan agreed to plead guilty to felonious ocean dumping 5 years ago by paying a $240,000 fine to the USDOJ. But the settlement contained no exposure of the attempts to cover up essential elements that would incriminate others who were involved in the case. The agreement between Kinder Morgan and the government pins the felony on one unidentified KM employee, which strains credulity when considering the number of longshoremen, river pilots, tugboat operators, and other terminal employees who facilitated this load of potash to be shipped downriver and out to sea. As the whistleblower who brought this to the EPA's attention, I can attest to the fact that everyone remained silent for months. The corporate, government and union officials involved actively tried to cover it up for 5 years. And its final conclusion is just more of the same, when a fine can buy silence, not true exposure to correct not only corporate practices but also union and government practices as well. This case shows that it will remain business as usual on the waterfront, and the integrity at our ports can be bought with a fat checkbook. For more information about this case please contact Senator Wyden's office in Washington, D.C. Jerry Cressa http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1208917515292290.xml&coll=7 http://wweek.com/columns/murmurs/#34.24 http://wweek.com/editorial/3340/9395/ http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=23011 http://www.oregon-health.org/assets/PH/PH10405.htm This week Kinder Morgan agreed to plead guilty to felonious ocean
dumping 5 years ago by paying a $240,000 fine to the USDOJ. But the
settlement contained no exposure of the attempts to cover up essential
elements that would incriminate others who were involved in the case.
The agreement between Kinder Morgan and the government pins the felony
on one unidentified KM employee, which strains credulity when
considering the number of longshoremen, river pilots, tugboat operators,
and other terminal employees who facilitated this load of potash to be
shipped downriver and out to sea. As the whistleblower who brought this
to the EPA’s attention, I can attest to the fact that everyone
remained silent for months. The corporate, government and union
officials involved actively tried to cover it up for 5 years. And its
final conclusion is just more of the same, when a fine can buy silence,
not true exposure to correct not only corporate practices but also union
and government practices as well. This case shows that it will remain
business as usual on the waterfront, and the integrity at our ports can
be bought with a fat checkbook. For more information about this case
please contact Senator Wyden’s office in Washington, D.C.

Jerry Cressa

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1208917515292290.xml&coll=7

http://wweek.com/columns/murmurs/#34.24

http://wweek.com/editorial/3340/9395/

http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=23011

http://www.oregon-health.org/assets/PH/PH10405.htm

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