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Mehdi Shahbazi Dead:Shell & Exxon Price Protestor Pays The Ultimate Personal Price ...
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Sad to say, another one of the good guys has gone.
Just another no account whistle-blower bites the dust, eh?
Just one extra entirely expendable victim of a big-oil war, eh?
Well, whatever...
May this old Iranian born American, Mr Mehdi Shahbazi rest in perfect peace - since he's certainly earned it.
Read the heartrending rest of Mr Shahbazi's sad story.
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Sad to say, another one of the good guys has gone.
Just another no account whistle-blower bites the dust, eh?
Just one extra entirely expendable victim of a big-oil war, eh?
Well, whatever...
May this old Iranian born American, Mr Mehdi Shahbazi rest in perfect peace - since he's certainly earned it.
Gas-station owner dies after fast against oil giants
Liver failure claims the life of Mehdi Shahbazi
By Sharon Noguchi -- Mercury News
Mehdi Shahbazi was a man who championed the consumer and listened to his own counsel as he waged a years-long battle against Exxon Oil and then Shell Oil.
The conflicts cost him his eight service stations - from Salinas to San Jose - his home, his health and his life.
Shahbazi, 65, died Wednesday at Stanford Hospital due to a fast of more than four months to protest the power of oil companies - and as gas prices approach record highs in California.
At his former Marina station - where two years ago he posted a sign that read "Consumers' pain is Big Oil's unearned profit!" - customers have erected a memorial of flowers, cards and signs proclaiming love and appreciation.
Until a court decision last month that gave Shell legal control over his final station, Shahbazi was positive he would prevail, said his nephew, Kaz Ajir of Marina.
But the news devastated him, and his health dramatically declined.
Read the heartrending rest of Mr Shahbazi's sad story.
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Labels: big oil, Exxon Oil, Mehdi Shahbazi, protest, Shell Oil
posted by Richard at Monday, November 19, 2007
