WLOX-TV: South Mississippi Leaders Want Better Communication About Oil Crisis

A worker cleans up oily waste on Elmer's Island, just west of Grand Isle, La., May 21, 2010.

From WLOX-TV, Biloxi:

BP representatives and members of the incident command team met Wednesday afternoon with more than 100 elected and community leaders from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

During the 90 minute session at DMR headquarters in Biloxi, participants were updated on the “working plan” that’s in place to keep the oil away from our waters and shoreline.

Local government leaders emphasized three key points: BP needs to hire more Mississippi residents, there needs to be much better communication with local leaders and you’d better think twice about plans to dispose of any oil-dispersant waste in South Mississippi landfills.

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