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San Bruno Residents Speak Out On PG&E Blast And Cover-up "Corporate Profits Before People"
A criminal cover-up is going on by PG&E in their role in denying that they knew about the gas leak in San Bruno before the explosion
Listen now:
San Bruno Residents Speak Out On PG&E Blast And Cover-up "Corporate Profits Before People"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3z9VRqxOtE
San Bruno residents spoke out on the massive gas blast that killed and injured residents
as well as destroying many homes. IBEW retired 617 electrician Fred Nesbitt declared it was
"corporate profits before people". PG&E CEO Chris White and PG&E staff are declaring that
they have no records of any residents calling about a gas leak prior to the deadly explosion
despite the reports of many residents of calling PG&E and PG&E workers testing in the area for gas.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org laborvideo.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3z9VRqxOtE
San Bruno residents spoke out on the massive gas blast that killed and injured residents
as well as destroying many homes. IBEW retired 617 electrician Fred Nesbitt declared it was
"corporate profits before people". PG&E CEO Chris White and PG&E staff are declaring that
they have no records of any residents calling about a gas leak prior to the deadly explosion
despite the reports of many residents of calling PG&E and PG&E workers testing in the area for gas.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org laborvideo.org
For more information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3z9VRqxOtE
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CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Dina Padilla Calls For Criminal Negligence Investigation And Charges Against PG&E In San Bruno Blast
Statement From CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Dina Padilla On San Bruno PG&E Explosion, Fire, Deaths and Injuries
I give my condolences to the families and community in San Bruno who have been traumatized and suffered with deaths, injuries and the destruction of their homes and community.
As a candidate for Insurance Commissioner in the State Of California I believe that evidence is clear that PG&E is criminally negligent since many residents had told them for weeks ahead of the explosion that there were serious gas fumes coming out of the ground. One resident reported today that on July 4, 2010 their family had made reports to PG&E about the gas leak.
As candidate for Insurance Commissioner I believe that PG&E is criminally negligent and is incapable in properly defending the lives and property of California residents.
It is unacceptable and an outrage to me and the people of California. I call on the the California Attorney General to investigate this incident and to file criminal charges against the owners and executives of PG&E. They need to pay personally for the deaths and injuries in this terrible incident. I also support action to municipalize the PG&E utility under public control and for it to be run for the working people of California.
I support Eminent Domain action by the State Of California to take control of this out of control utility operation. In a previous gas explosion in Sacramento area Rancho Cordova in December 2008, Wilbert Paana was killed and the National Transportation Safety Board found them responsible yet this board did not require that there be a full scale investigation of all gas transmission lines of PG&E in California.
The corporate take-over of the California PUC, the NTSB by PG&E is part and parcel of the deregulation of industry including the insurance industry by both the Democrats and Republicans. While refusing to properly protect the public, PG&E executives have tens of millions of dollars to spend on ballot propositions. As insurance commissioner I intend to make sure that all injured residents and the community are properly compensated. At the same time any financial compensation can never replace the lives of those killed and the many injured and destroyed lives that PG&E has caused.
This corporation only this year spent more than $46 million of utility user funds to support Proposition 16 in a ballot initiative to prevent local communities from municipalizing the operations of this out of control utility. Apparently it has money to push propositions profiting this utility monopoly owners and executives but is criminally negligent in making sure the system is safe for the people of San Bruno and California. It is time that these corporate criminals be put on trial and that control of this utility be put under the control of the people of California.
I also call for full compensation of the residents of the San Bruno disaster and a public hearing about the causes of this explosion so it does not happen again to any more communities in California. We cannot afford to wait for the next explosion with further deaths and destruction.
Dina Padilla
Peace and Freedom Party Candidate For California Insurance Commissioner
http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com
Dina J. Padilla
Contact Information and Informative Websites:
Phone: 916.725.2673
http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com
Statement From CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Dina Padilla On San Bruno PG&E Explosion, Fire, Deaths and Injuries
I give my condolences to the families and community in San Bruno who have been traumatized and suffered with deaths, injuries and the destruction of their homes and community.
As a candidate for Insurance Commissioner in the State Of California I believe that evidence is clear that PG&E is criminally negligent since many residents had told them for weeks ahead of the explosion that there were serious gas fumes coming out of the ground. One resident reported today that on July 4, 2010 their family had made reports to PG&E about the gas leak.
As candidate for Insurance Commissioner I believe that PG&E is criminally negligent and is incapable in properly defending the lives and property of California residents.
It is unacceptable and an outrage to me and the people of California. I call on the the California Attorney General to investigate this incident and to file criminal charges against the owners and executives of PG&E. They need to pay personally for the deaths and injuries in this terrible incident. I also support action to municipalize the PG&E utility under public control and for it to be run for the working people of California.
I support Eminent Domain action by the State Of California to take control of this out of control utility operation. In a previous gas explosion in Sacramento area Rancho Cordova in December 2008, Wilbert Paana was killed and the National Transportation Safety Board found them responsible yet this board did not require that there be a full scale investigation of all gas transmission lines of PG&E in California.
The corporate take-over of the California PUC, the NTSB by PG&E is part and parcel of the deregulation of industry including the insurance industry by both the Democrats and Republicans. While refusing to properly protect the public, PG&E executives have tens of millions of dollars to spend on ballot propositions. As insurance commissioner I intend to make sure that all injured residents and the community are properly compensated. At the same time any financial compensation can never replace the lives of those killed and the many injured and destroyed lives that PG&E has caused.
This corporation only this year spent more than $46 million of utility user funds to support Proposition 16 in a ballot initiative to prevent local communities from municipalizing the operations of this out of control utility. Apparently it has money to push propositions profiting this utility monopoly owners and executives but is criminally negligent in making sure the system is safe for the people of San Bruno and California. It is time that these corporate criminals be put on trial and that control of this utility be put under the control of the people of California.
I also call for full compensation of the residents of the San Bruno disaster and a public hearing about the causes of this explosion so it does not happen again to any more communities in California. We cannot afford to wait for the next explosion with further deaths and destruction.
Dina Padilla
Peace and Freedom Party Candidate For California Insurance Commissioner
http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com
Dina J. Padilla
Contact Information and Informative Websites:
Phone: 916.725.2673
http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com
For more information:
http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com
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