How is it that one foreign corporation, that has just come into existence to do this project, can have greater power than all of the thousands of citizens affected, and their elected governments?
No, I'm not talking about the Keystone XL pipeline, but the issues are the same. This one wants to run a thirty six inch gas pipeline through a number of states and counties, including mine, affecting thousands of landowners. It's known as Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC, and is the unholy offspring of Spectra Corp. and NextEra Energy. This is a great primer on the issue, and here's the excellent site of the folks fighting this pipeline.
I get back to my question, how can one foreign corporation (they're from out of state), have so much power vis-a-vis the thousands of landowners and citizens, that the citizens must give up a hundred foot wide swath of their land, along with the depreciation of their property values, not to mention their personal safety, and allow this pipeline to come through? The gas is not even for use in the state of Georgia or the county where I live. However, the general feeling is we have to give in the the corporation's demands. My own County Commission Chairman is quoted as saying, "There's nothing we can do."
Does anyone else see the problem here? Why must we, the citizens and landowners of Lowndes County, Georgia, have to give up our land and security to a foreign corporation of absolutely no benefit to the citizens and landowners of Lowndes County, Georgia? How is this corporation given a privileged status greater than the thousands of people who live here?
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