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Plains Welcomed to Hall of Shame

Pipeline CEO gets Texas Hall of Fame but Santa Barbara shame.

Plains Welcomed to Hall of Shame
<b>LONE STAR:</b> Plains’ Greg Armstrong, here with the press in Santa Barbara, made the Texas Business Hall of Fame.

TEXAS TWO-STEP: In Santa Barbara, Plains All American Pipeline honchos get boos and hisses for smearing oil over our beaches and wildlife. In Texas, they win honors.

John Winkler points out that Greg Armstrong, Plains chair and CEO, and Harry Pefanis, Plains president and chief operating officer, will be inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame on October 28.

Despite being under criminal investigation for negligence, “They now receive an ‘honorary award?’” Winkler asks.

Barney Brantingham