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DEL.ICIO.USPipeline saga continues: ‘Thankfully, we have Glenn Richardson’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The fight over S.B. 173 might just have taken a turn. Which way, we don’t know.
You know the bill. This is the one that eases the way for Colonial Pipeline Co. to construct a new liquid petroleum pipeline from Baton Rouge, La., to Powder Springs in Cobb County. Read the background here.
The issue has moved from the Senate to the House. And was quiet, until the mailman came today, with a note for House Speaker Glenn Richardson.
The U.S. Postal Service dropped off a glossy, 11-inch by 14-inch glossy mailer from Landowners for Environmental and Economic Protection of Washington, Ga.
On one side is a detailed black-and-white photo of a child being hugged by her mother, who’s holding a cardboard sign that says “Evicted by Big Oil.” Underneath is the headline: “Colonial Pipeline wants to take your property.”
On the other side is another headline: “Thankfully, we have Glenn Richardson to block S.B. 173.”
This mailer came to a west Cobb County address, but carried the following message for the Speaker, who lives in the county next door: “If S.B. 173 passes, Paulding County will be in the bull’s-eye for condemnation! It will threaten Paulding County homes and businesses….”
Oh, yes. It includes maps of the pipeline’s alleged path through the Speaker’s Paulding County territory. Maybe not through his exact district, but you get the gist.
Sometimes these things work. Sometimes they have just the opposite effect. We’ll let you know.
POSTSCRIPT: Amy Morton at Georgiawomenvote.com has posted a copy of the flyer here.
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By I Miss 'ya Glenn
April 5, 2007 11:50 PM | Link to this
Gas Gal
By Michelle
April 6, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this
Huh. Sounds like someone is telling the truth. Good for them.
So, is Glenn Richardson going to vote against the bill or not?
By CobbDem
April 6, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
Funny!
Sounds like Glenn Richardson’s folks have got his number. He’s FOR private property rights, right?
So, is he brave enough to go against such a big, powerful lobby as “Big Oil” to help protect Cobb County homeowners?
Here’s to hoping SB 173 doesn’t see the light of day!
By GregC
April 6, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
If people are opposed to Billion Dollar industries confiscating their property without so much as a hearing, they should call Glenn Richardson at 404-656-5020 and tell him to vote “NO!” to the pipeline bill.
Isn’t this the same bill that got ram-rodded through the Georgia Senate in a record 4 days? How, exactly, does that happen without some palms being greased? Greased by…. Big Oil???
By SOUTHERNCOMFORT
April 6, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this
So if we don’t increase the amount of gasoline available by pipeline we are saying that Georgia is going to stop growing…anybody think that is true? Let’s stop the economy, let’s stop business growth, let’s just stop everything because as DEMAND increases with growth and SUPPLY is limited because we can’t get a new pipeline, gas prices will be so friggin high that NOBODY will want to live in Georgia. What a bunch of morons.
By Citizens v. Lobbyists
April 6, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
SB 173 is about removing all procedural safeguards and State oversight for the condemnation of land for purely private interests. This bill will eviscerate a body of law designed to protect private landowners. No one is opposed to increasing fuel supply or the properly exercised power of eminent domain.
However,everyone should be opposed to granting unrestricted condemnation power to a private company at the peril of the Citizens of this State.
By GoodforGlenn
April 6, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this
The boys got this piece of political mail in their mailboxes, or somebody sent it to them, and they didn’t post a copy? What gives? I want to see it!
By Politics As Usual
April 6, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this
I hadn’t heard about this bill before.
Is this for real?
Has anybody got Richardson on record either pro or con?
C’mon - I know some of you Cobb County Republican types talk to him often. Are you really going to let your state Rep. vote against private property rights? This can’t be accurate, can it?
By NoMorePipelines!
April 6, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this
No more pipelines!
Georgia has DOZENS of them leaking into our waterways.
Isn’t Colonial Pipeline the same company that got fined some record amount by the EPA just a few years ago for releasing a “gas cloud” somewhere near Athens? Scary stuff! I say send these guys packing!
By Pick A Side, Glenn
April 6, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this
It sounds like, from what little I’ve read, that the bill is strictly bad news.
It also sounds like the only thing really up for debate is what the Georgia House is going to do about it.
Has anyone called Speaker Richardson to find out where he is on the issue? If anyone has talked to him, I’d be curious about what he said.
Tom and Jim: Can y’all find out?
By AprilBennettATL
April 6, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this
I live in Paulding, and I hadn’t heard anything about this.
Can someone really go in, change the law, and take the property along this proposed pipeline route?
Which lawmakers voted for this bill?!?
Where’s the public education on this issue? Where are the town hall meetings?
By MIssouriGal
April 6, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this
I want to see the piece of mail.
By PipelineFreePaulding
April 6, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this
There seems to be an awful lot of heat around this debate - most of it clearly against ripping families out of their homes so big industries can make even more billions.
But I’d like some light in here, too.
Where, exactly, do the Paulding county elected officials stand on this issue? Are they going to vote for or against this bill?
If the AJC doesn’t think this piece of the puzzle is important enough to cover, then who does?
By Citizens v. Lobbyists
April 6, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this
This bill will be voted on by the House Judiciary Committee next week. Please contact the committee members directly: [http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/house/Committees/judiciary/gahjudy.htm] There are links to their contact information on the web.
By Jim J
April 6, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
Georgia wanted Republicans to run the state, and they got what they wanted. Republicans running the state.
Anyone could have told you this kind of thing is what would come next.
You’ll vote for the same lowlifes again and again, though, I betcha.
By ColonialPipelineOpponent
April 6, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
Anybody have any idea how widespread the mailing was?
These things aren’t cheap - political mail can run into the thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars quickly.
I wonder if Colonial will respond with ads of their own. Or maybe they don’t have to since they’re not looking for input from the public. They already have lawmakers in their pocket.
By RepublicanLowLife
April 6, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
I think this is HILARIOUS.
When was the last time you saw someone in Georgia with the guts to take it to Big Industry right where they live? In Richardson’s home district?
HI-LARIOUS.
By Fughetaboutit
April 6, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this
Glenn Richardson as the defender of private property rights in Georgia.
That’s pretty rich.
This is the same guy who is trying to kick thousands of Georgia children off PeachCare.
Glenn Richardson needs to be very, very careful just how far he pushes even his extreme right-wing supporters.
With his scandal last year of pushing through multi-million dollar legislation to benefit his mistress’s company (Atlanta Gas Light), then p** off every reporter in the country, and now sitting on the razor of private property rights versus Big Oil donors, the guy isn’t have a good year.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
I’d be happy to donate a few bucks to the anti-Colonial Pipeline effort if only to see good ol’ Glenn have to publicly decide which constituency he’s going to screw over THIS time.
By SellingGeorgia'sRights
April 6, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this
Colonial Pipeline should be ashamed of themselves, trying to make an end run around the Georgia EPA and Georgia homeowners.
I hope to God our locally elected representatives have the good sense to see through their high-priced lobbyists and lawyers. No doubt they’re filling their ears with “it will help bring own the price of gas in Georgia” arguments.
Makes me sick.
By GoodForColonial
April 6, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
Good for Landowners for Environmental Protection.
Pretty gutsy sending out a mail piece that frames the issue so starkly.
Hope I get one in my mailbox.
By BooHiss
April 6, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
People keep talking about this mail piece, and I’m feeling left out.
Has anyone else seen it?
Somebody really should post it and put the link up here.
By Citizens v. Lobbyists
April 6, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this
Here is a link to the mailer: www.georgiawomenvote.blogspot.com