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Official: Hayward to be replaced
By Harry R. Weber
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW ORLEANS Gaffe
prone BP Chief Executive Tony
Hayward who incensed many
on the Gulf Coast by saying he
wanted his life back as they strug
gled with the fallout from the com
pany's massive oil spill will be
replaced, a senior U.S. govern
ment official said Sunday.
The official, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity because an
announcement had not been
made, was briefed on the decision
by a senior BP official late last
week.
The government official did not
know who will replace Hayward or
when it will happen.
One of the most likely succes
sors is BP Managing Director Bob
Dudley, who is currently oversee
ing the British company's spill
response.
Earlier Sunday, BP spokesman
Toby Odone seemed to downplay
media speculation about
Hayward’s departure, saying he
'remains BP’s chief executive,
and he has the confidence of the
board and senior management.”
BP's board would have to
approve a change in company
leadership.
An official announcement could
come as early as today.
It's been more than three
months since an offshore drilling
rig operated by BP exploded off
Louisiana on April 20, killing 11
workers and setting off the spill.
A temporary plug has stopped
oil from gushing for more than a
week now, but before that the
busted well had spewed anywhere
Board
makes
changes
The PLCB hopes
to gain revenue
By Kathy Matheson
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW HOPE, Pa. The state’s
newest wine and spirits store is
bright, modern and airy, but it's
not just another pretty space.
The alcohol emporium repre
sents the latest effort by the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board to win the hearts and minds
of consumers as the recession
intensifies talk of privatization.
Over the past few months, the
board has unveiled a new retail
website, trained employees in cus
tomer service, installed wine vend
ing machines in supermarkets and
with the popping of a prosecco
cork opened a state store that
incorporates consumer ideas.
Board Chairman PJ. Stapleton
said buyers will have a "world
class retail shopping experience"
at the store in New Hope, about 30
miles north of Philadelphia.
“This is the store the con
sumers want," Stapleton said at
the grand opening last Thursday.
The new emphasis on customer
service rings a little hollow to
those who say it simply aims to
deflect calls for privatizing the
state monopoly on liquor and wine.
Critics have long argued the
board should not simultaneously
police and promote alcohol, and
that customers pay more for fewer
choices and less convenience
under Pennsylvania's antiquated
system.
Such talk has gained traction as
the state faces steep budget cuts,
said Nate Benefield, director of
policy research for the conserva
tive Commonwealth Foundation.
Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny,
introduced legislation in April to
privatize liquor and wine sales,
estimating private licenses could
generate $2 billion.
GOP gubernatorial candidate
Tom Corbett has said he’d explore
the idea.
"Trying to be more customer
friendly is part of their way of say
ing, ‘We don’t need to privatize,
we’re doing a good job,’” Benefield
said.
from 94 million to 184 million gal
lons into the Gulf.
Since the explosion, Hayward
has made several highly publi
cized gaffes.
Among them: going to a yacht
race while oil washed up on Gulf
shores, and uttering the now-infa
mous: “I want my life back” line.
Oppenheimer & Co. senior ana
lyst Fadel Gheit said in an inter
view Sunday that it was too bad
Hayward’s career was derailed by
the spill, but ‘unfortunately he
became a sacrificial lamb in a
politically charged world.”
Dudley would be well-suited to
take over, Gheit said, describing
him as even-tempered and a good
delegator.
It’s never an easy time to instill
new leadership in a company,
though, he noted.
“I’m not sure if removing Tony
Hayward is going to throw BP's
problems away,” Gheit said.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La..
said BP’s attitude about making
things right is more important
than who is running it.
“BR from I think everybody's
perspective, made a very bad mis
take,” she said. “I think what the
world expects from BP is an
acknowledgment that something
was done wrong. I think BP has a
long way to go to gain the trust of
the people.”
The company has already spent
roughly $4 billion on its response
to the crisis.
The final tally could be in the
tens of billions of dollars.
News that the CEO will depart
came as no surprise to people liv
ing along the Gulf.
Patrick Shay, 43. sat on a porch
A couple shops at the new store open
Customers seem to have
embraced board initiatives like the
supermarket wine “kiosks”
essentially high-tech vending
machines that enable shoppers to
get vino and groceries in one
place, instead of making a sepa
rate trip to a state store.
Consumers also admired the
layout of the store in New Hope,
which officials say was designed
based on customer surveys and
focus groups.
Its wide aisles, hanging lamps,
faux wood cabinetry, informa
tional booklets and dedicated
space for product tastings are
supposed to encourage browsing
and enhance the shopping experi
ence.
Eco-friendlv aspects include
energy-saving lights and no plastic
bags.
Two more such stores are
planned in the coming months for
Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
Revamping all approximately 620
state stores, which are largely util
itarian spaces, will take at least
five years, board Executive
Director Joe Conti said.
Board officials did not proride
an overall price for the redesign.
Conti said utility savings and an
expected 5 percent to 10 percent
increase in sales because of the
nicer environment would help
offset costs.
Hugh Hoffman, 65, of Wycombe,
said customers could “hardly walk
down the aisles” at the old state
store in New Hope.
Looking around the spacious
new store, he said, "the selection
compared to the old one is pretty
phenomenal.”
But Hoffman also noted the
prices on someproducts were sev-
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swing of his cottage in Grand Isle
on Sunday, his front yard filled
with smail. while crosses, each
bearing the name of sealife or
wavs of life the oil spill has killed.
"He seems like a pretty self
absorbed person, so I'm not sur
prised to hear he would walk away
in the middle of all this," he said.
“If anything it will help. They need
to get him out of the way and get
this cleaned up.”
David Duet, f>2. oi Laßose, La.,
filled his ice chest at the grocery
store in Grand Isle, where he
brings his camper even 7 weekend
despite the oil.
“I don't think lie's directly
responsible for the spill, but he
still had to answer for it," said
Duet, who worked on oil rigs for
more than 22 years. "I can under
stand the time it took to cap it. I
know 7 how hard things are out
there.”
In New Orleans, Chris Hearn, a
23-year-old security guard, said
what's important is getting the oil
stopped permanently
"It doesn't matter who’s in
charge.” he said. As long as they
clean it up, I really could care less.
They just need to get it cleaned up
because it's affeciing all of us
down hen
Crews living to plug the leaky
well lor good had to stop work late
last week because of the threat
from Tropical Storm Bonnie, but
the effort was back on track as
skies cleared Sunday.
A drill rig is expected to recon
nect at around midnight to the
relief tunnel that will be used to
pump in nnid and cement to seal
the well, and drilling could resume
in the next low davs.
tigeablc about pairing
mi; toou lt> get her business.
.! on she help with the
be kno-
board employs about 140
certs statewide, and Conti
tcials are working on a civil
waiver that would allow
tag ot snore part-time con-
ruussears.
But customer service has long
been a ke\ is
The beard came under fire last
yea:- ior spending $174,000 to train
employees m retail courtesies
■h as yeenna. customers.
Miay. Conti said the pro
gran i i;as 1 >een successful and a
bargain, considering that the
agenev had budgeted si million for
il
The board's 4.000 employees
have had about two dozen ses
sions of "very intense, well-devel
oped. retail service 1 raining,” he
said.
A WtiALTV report last week
cited three customer complaints
ahoui aide employees at a store in
Lemoyne even alter the training.
Board osticiais say they are
responsive to what little feedback
they get. noting they received
1,007 comments on 55 million
transactions in 2008-09.
"The PLCB is focused on mak
ing every customer experience
within our stores, on our toll-free
hot iine or online, the best it can
be. every time." the agency said in
a statement Friday. “We leave the
issue of privatization to the
Legislature and the governor to
decide.”
. : :r: l Press
:;uor Control Board,
joiier than in neigh-
likcr. 52, of Stockton,
he staff would need to
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BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward testifies before a committee in June
Completion of the relief well
that is the best chance to perma
nently stop the oil now looks possi
ble by mid-August, but retired
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the
government's point man for the
spill, said he wouldn't hesitate to
order another evacuation based
on forecasts similar to the ones for
Bonnie. “We have no choice but to
start well ahead of time if we think
the storm track is going to bring
gale force winds, which are 39
mph or above, anywhere close to
well site,” Allen said.
County commences
plans for memorials
By The Associated Press
SOMERSET, Pa. Officials
and residents in western
Pennsylvania's Somerset
County teamed up to mark two
events that put the county in the
national spotlight within a year
of each other the crash of an
airliner hijacked by terrorists
and the dramatic rescue of nine
trapped miners.
The National Park Service
and Quecreek Mine Rescue
Foundation held back-to-back
events at the scenes of the Sept.
11, 2001 plane crash in
Stonycreek Township and the
mine rescue eight years ago.
U.S/ Rep. Mark Critz said res
idents of the county felt they had
taken a one-two punch when the
first word came that an under
ground deluge had trapped nine
miners.
"The folks in this area did
think, when the mine disaster
happened, Oh, my, what are we
going to be known as for the rest
of our lives? The place of disas
ters?" Critz said.
But that all changed when
rescuers hauled the ninth miner
back to the surface in a narrow
yellow capsule.
"I guess the saving of the nine
miners was reaffirming that
we re in this together, and when
we pull together, great things
can happen," Critz said.
At the Dormel Farm near
Somerset, Bill Arnold spoke
about the efforts of volunteers
and fundraisers that have
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Allen said officials will spend the
next day determining how Bonnie,
which did no real damage on
shore, affected the area. Oil may
have migrated north to
Mississippi Sound, he said, and
officials are checking to see if
boom that was protecting sensi
tive marshlands was pushed
ashore.
Allen said he had not heard
whether Hayward is being
replaced.
‘Tve got no knowledge of the
inner workings of BE” he said.
helped start a visitor education
center near the 240-foot rescue
shaft.
Blaine Mayhugh. one of the
rescued miners, said the event
coming after the attacks
"brought a lot of people together
and put our county on the map."
He now has a job servicing
windmills, working far above the
ground rather than beneath the
surface.
At the Flight 93 crash site,
manager Jeff Reinbold said the
National Park Service and allies
have raised $l5 million in dona
tions, triggering a matching
amount of federal help.
He said that makes up half of
the $6O million needed to com
plete work at the planned 1,000-
acre site and protect the sur
rounding 1,200 acres from dra
matic change.
By the 10th anniversary of the
terror attacks that toppled the
World Trade Center towers and
damaged the Pentagon, as well
as the struggle aboard Flight 93
that likely prevented a fourth
attack, a plaza at the edge of the
crash zone will bear the names
of the passenger and crew, he
said.
A future phase is to include a
walkway and visitor center, and
later a 93-foot Tower of the
Voices with wind chimes
reminding visitors of the conver
sations between passengers and
crew and their loved ones who
alerted those aboard the aircraft
to the hijackers' plans and
prompted them to take action.
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