Duh Oh...BP's succesor to Hayward inserts foot in mouth almost immediately.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Alabama leaders say they knew nothing about BP claims meeting.

BP PLC’s incoming CEO told reporters Sunday that the company would meet Monday with top state officials to confer about Alabama’s oil spill damages — but state leaders said they knew nothing about it.

When the news story appeared, “that was the first I’d heard of that,” Attorney General Troy King said Monday.

Jeff Emerson, a spokesman for Gov. Bob Riley added: “We’re not aware of any meeting.”

Company officials said later Monday that the sit-down with BP’s Bob Dudley was expected to take place in September, although uncertainty was still apparent.

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/alabama_leaders_say_they_knew.html

[bherrera]

1. I would not call it foot in mouth

Minor misunderstanding about the meeting dates. Mr Dudley seems to be quite an improvement over Mr Hayward, and seems to be honestly trying to discuss differences between BP and the state. What else do you expect?