We're letting people stand in our way. My guys put lights on their boats last night. Where you saw them with the wet vac, they're out there tonight sucking up oil, because they're not going to give up the fight.
Billy Nungesser: “We're letting people stand in our way. My guys put lights on their boats last night. Where you saw them with the wet…”
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Billy Nungesser emphasizes the determination of local fishermen to combat the oil spill despite bureaucratic obstacles.
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It's the single largest coastal restoration project in the history of America. It was permanent in 19 days without cutting any hurdles.
It's an emergency. And here we are, weeks later, after we already started pumping, waiting on the additional permits from the berm.
If we don't make some serious changes and a sense of urgency does not take hold here, we will lose this war, and it will be his fault.
They have no plan. The Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh. I want to see a plan. If you're not going to have a plan, get the hell out of the way and let us go do it ourselves.





