Dennis Landry, owner of a prosperous (until this massive toxic dump by British Petroleum) wholesale crab processing operation in Larose, La., is potentially facing financial ruin because of the British Petroleum oil dump into the Gulf of Mexico. Like all the residents of South Louisiana, Dennis is NOT AGAINST OIL AND GAS, he and his neighbors just want it done right, with proper and effective safeguards and regulation, so that the fertile fisheries upon which about half the population depends for their livelihoods and family sustenance, can continue to survive and provide their generous bounty to the hard working people of South Louisiana.
Maybe it's just me, but I sense a similar frustration in this video as I did with Kenny and others that I've talked with off camera. There is still a real danger that operations like Dennis' and Kenny's will go out of business until the world believes that the seafood in the Gulf is safe to eat, and no one knows how long that is going to take.
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The people like Dennis Landry are what keeps the circle unbroken in this part of the world and their way of life is in a world of hurt. Even if the seafood is deemed safe, no one trusts that it really is. Trust is a bastardized word when government is involved in most anything, add BP to the mix and there is not trust that anything down there is safe. I hear from people all the time that they're afraid to eat local seafood and to say that it is a part of our culture down there is beyond an understatement. My friend who owns a very popular seafood eatery in Gulfport won't buy local shrimp or crabs and tells me it hurts his soul. The way I see it the soul of the south has been beaten to a pulp but is still thicker than that damn oil floating off shore and waiting to ruin more people's lives.
Well done Richard, you're our hero.
Don Wilson
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