That’s the hush-hush phone number that BP set up years ago for California politicos to call to score free tickets to Arco Arena in Sacramento: NBA games, Britney Spears concerts, you name it. At least it was hush-hush. No one picks up your call since Josh Harkinson started reporting on the BP freebie ticket scheme.

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