Read this ongoing report on the ways that British Petroleum's catastrophic oil leak is affecting businesses in Charlevoix and Emmett counties – and in surprising ways it is not.
Here's an excerpt:
"I just looked at the April and May numbers, and we haven't been impacted yet," he said. "I think the customers are pretty smart and understand that we're locally owned, and that we provide local paychecks ... to take the BP anger out on that local business is just hurting your friends and neighbors.
"When you see a BP flag, that's so far removed from the disaster in the Gulf ... but as this thing goes on and on, and people's patience starts to wear thin — what's the breaking point?"
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