Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Schweitzer to open oil spill office in Billings

Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced today that he will open an office in Billings Thursday to help citizens who have comments, questions or concerns regarding the oil spill.  Schweitzer will host a public meeting there Friday.

According to a statement released by the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon, the Billings office will be staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by someone who will collect information from citizens and help get answers to their questions or concerns.

Citizens can also call the office at (406) 657-0231 beginning tomorrow. Schweitzer will be in the office for part of the day on Friday.

Schweitzer said state agencies will be holding a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. on July 8.

The office is located at 424 Morey Street in the Montana Department of Transportation Billings District Office.

1 comment:

jhwygirl said...

Still paying his penance for Otter Creek, I see. As if we'll forget.

Still - this is the right thing to do and a big turn-around from this weekend's response by state officials to the victims of this accident ("call Exxon's help line").

Hell - if I were the Attorney General, I'd want someone from my staff down there taking notes and answering questions. Couldn't that help the state out in any future litigation?

But hey, that's just me.

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