FREE MONEY TO THOSE IN NEED; Gulf Coast, Florida

Point in Question, Why have you not applied? Applicants have applied inland as far as Orlando and received compensation. From services workers, (Servers/waiters-waitresses) to cooks and tourist related businesses. Especially Fisherman to include Commercial to Head Boat and Charter Captains, I ask; why are you not asking for your fair share? Below is info on who and a few bits taken from a local newspaper in New Orleans explaining how much has been paid and asking to who else would apply.

GET YOUR FREE MONEY!

I know as a retired Waterman, I need to pass this IMPORTANT INFO out to all those to whom it would effect; especially those who are my neighbors, Floridians!

Do you work for tips in a restaurant? Are you a Captain? Are you a tourist related business owner or worker?

Well your W2 or W4 forms for the last two or three years will reflect to how much you lost in tourist tips (income) and that is what the Gulf Coast Claims Facility will pay you; not once but twice. Once to make up the difference and once if you sign a paper saying you are done with them, IE Will not sue them later or becomes involved in a class action. Fair? You Bet and why are you still reading this? Check out the site and apply for your future today. If you get approved, and wish to thank me; why not a donation to my Exploratory Committee for my run for the Senate 2012, Florida? This is what our leaders in Washington ought to be doing; looking out for us. I am and I'm not even there yet. Can you imagine what I could do for you if I was your Senator from Florida?

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Who is an Eligible Claimant?

Individuals and Businesses that have incurred damages as a result of the Spill may submit a claim to the GCCF for Removal and Clean Up Costs, Damage to Real or Personal Property, Lost Earnings or Profits, Loss of Subsistence Use of Natural Resources, or Physical Injury or Death.

You can obtain and submit a Claim Form and supporting documentation in any one of the following ways:

Through the Website: You can complete a Claim Form on this website by clicking on the appropriate online filing tab on the left side of the Home Page. The online instructions will tell you how to complete the correct Claim Form and how to submit the form and the supporting documents online. You can also download a Claim Form or request that a Claim Form be mailed to you by clicking on the tab, “File a Paper Interim or Full Review Final Claim Form.” http://www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com/index

By Visiting a GCCF Claims Site Office: You can complete a Claim Form and submit documents in person at one of the GCCF Claims Site Offices, where a Claims Evaluator will help you fill out the form. You may obtain a list of the GCCF Claims Site Offices near you by clicking here. http://www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com/facility

By Telephone: You can get a Claim Form by calling the GCCF toll free number, 1-800-916-4893. TTY: 1-866-682-1758. Staff members are available to take your call at this number from 9:00 AM. to 6:00 PM. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday. Starting July 1, 2011, live operators will be available from 9:00 AM. to 6:00 PM. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday. Live operators are no longer available on Saturdays and Sundays. You will be asked for your name and address. The GCCF will mail you a Claim Form for you to fill out and sign.

By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune

Procedural questions and disenchantment remain, but to hear oil spill claims czar Kenneth Feinberg tell it -- and to look at statistics from his Gulf Coast Claims Facility -- the compensation process he oversees has finally hit its stride. Feinberg, who was tapped last year by BP and the White House to administer economic damage payments, has settled nearly 150,000 claims, paying out almost $4.5 billion. Most of that money, $2.6 billion, was paid in 2010 as part of an emergency payment phase. It took four months to pay the first $1 billion in "final settlements" this year, almost all using a quick-pay process designed to get rid of the simplest, non continuing claims. But in the two months since April 20, which marked the first anniversary of BP's devastating spill, Feinberg's operation has paid about $700 million for more complex claims -- the ones requiring full review and complete documentation -- and the average payment is steadily rising.

On the anniversary, the average final payment was $16,000. It's now up to nearly $20,000. On the anniversary, Feinberg had paid just 11 percent of final settlement requests. That number is up to 26 percent now, and GCCF has made offers to nearly half of the 115,000 settlement-seeking claimants, who have 90 days to accept whatever Feinberg puts on the table. There are only 54,000 claimants seeking final payment whom Feinberg considers eligible. If the new claims have really leveled off and Feinberg keeps paying claims at the rate he's been over the last two months, he will have paid all of the claims that he considers eligible in the next four months. And even if the rising pay rate only holds steady from here on out, that would still mean another $1.1 billion in settlements by Halloween, of 2011. The biggest lingering question is: What claims are still out there? The uncertainty rests mostly in the fishing industry, where the true measure of the spill's economic pain is still unfolding. Only 24,000 fishers, crabbers, shrimpers, oyster harvesters and seafood processors have sought final payments so far, and half have settled. The vast majority of them -- about 11,000 -- took the quick payment option of $5,000 for individuals or $25,000 for businesses. The fishing settlement figures could rise dramatically, however, if Feinberg and industry representatives can reach agreements on changes to the GCCF's payment calculus. For example, Feinberg said he and his staff are working on "a more generous methodology" for oyster fishers, one that would "reflect the fact that the future of oysters in the Gulf as we speak is still, over a year later, very uncertain." If the calculation method changes, Feinberg promised that oyster harvesters who took quick payments under the old system would get another shot.

I know of many people who went to Clearwater, Fl and applied in person. They received compensation within two weeks. Others, did it online and were paid within four weeks, as well by phone ditto. It's Your Money, And You Want it Now! So apply, the worst that can happen is you get turned down and I know of nobody that hasn't received something. My fellow neighbors, have received as little as a check for a grand and as much as 80, 000 dollars. Again, to why are you still reading this? It will not go on forever. The first idea was to pay through 2013 but Congress wants to take that money away and apply it to their toys. Bet they win, in the end! Get off your duff and GO APPLY NOW. It is monies owed to you, so go apply