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DES MOINES A southeast Iowa landowner claims he was offered the services of a prostitute in exchange for allowing a crude oil pipeline to go through his property.
Hughie Tweedy of rural Montrose told reporters Monday that a regional representative of Dakota Access LLC on three separate occasions offered the sexual services of a woman if Tweedy would allow the pipeline to run through his property.
A Dakota Access representative said the company is looking into the allegations.
Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, wants to construct a 1,134-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The $3.8 billion pipeline would span 343 miles and 18 counties in Iowa, from the states northwest corner to the southeast corner.
Tweedy said he does not want the pipeline to run through his property, and as a self-described Libertarian, he does not think the government should force him to acquiesce via eminent domain
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bloomington-lib
(946 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)On 29 July 2014, according to Dakota Access, LLC it met with the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for a first meeting. Dakota Access then wrote landowners in the path of the pipeline, requesting visits to survey or taking soil samples in preparation for voluntary easement or face condemnation of land under eminent domain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_pipeline
bloomington-lib
(946 posts)I would be mad at the oil companies and their ability to control my govt against me, and not somehow forget that part and focus on just the govt, as conservatives seem to do often.
hunter
(38,339 posts)Trouble is, you never know about these pipeline company representatives. They might just take you up on the offer.
mackdaddy
(1,530 posts)Seems business as usual: NYTimes 2008
WASHINGTON As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.
In three reports delivered to Congress on Wednesday, the departments inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found wrongdoing by a dozen current and former employees of the Minerals Management Service, which collects about $10 billion in royalties annually and is one of the governments largest sources of revenue other than taxes.
A culture of ethical failure pervades the agency, Mr. Devaney wrote in a cover memo.
The reports portray a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administrations watch.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/washington/11royalty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)And under what rules of play, many should be more outraged and horrified wondering if inside Americas very governing center this is more common than is comfortable considering these people enact laws that they themselves fail to follow....