I have to apologize. In my post on the TRA ruling, I mistakenly indicated the Crawford County Quorum Court had approved a resolution in opposition to the Plains and Eastern line. I was wrong... they did it last night. You can read the resolution here.
Sounds like they had an impressive turnout. I wish I could have been there... especially since the rep who was there to argue on behalf of Clean Line was reportedly the same one who answered "No" back in June (outside their Russellville Office Hours) when I asked him if Clean Line had an obligation to contact landowners on the route for the scoping period. Chris probably remembers. He was also the guy who hovered thisclose to landowners attempting to talk to the press at the same event. Funny that for a gent so willing to give his opinion back then, eyewitnesses report he was unwilling to indicate whether or not he'd let his children live under the line when questioned by a young mother... From our Facebook group...
"One of the landowners Name withheld turned and ask "Clean lines" lawyer if he would allow his children to live under these lines....and he couldn't give her an answer...people were getting fired up telling him to answer her question!"
So now we have resolutions from three quorum courts and the Tribal Council of the Cherokee Nation, the letter from Congressman Womack to the Dept of Energy, a letter from the entire Arkansas delegation (plus Senator Alexander) and a swarm of angry Arkansans getting louder by the day... #canyouhearusnow?
At some point, the DoE is going to have to acknowledge the incredible failure of Clean Line to get landowners on board with this thing and recognize that they have much better things to work on than acting as permitting agency for old pals.
P.S. The day after Mario reiterated the same tired, old 10% reduction claim for property values, this video showed up.
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