A first-time speaker against the Sabal Trail pipeline demonstrated there was opposition and reminded us all we have a voice, and asked the Lowndes County Commission to speak up as well, in the 11 November 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.

Video. Robbie Dixon said he had been approached by their contractors asking to reroute the pipeline onto his property, which would take about half his property. He asked anybody in the audience who was there about Sabal Trail to stand up. About 30 people did. He said he did that because there are a lot of rumors that only a few people were concerned. He said there was no local benefit to landowners, and any potential tax benefit to the county shouldn’t be considered without consideration of the ill effects to landowners.

He said he knew neighbors who had been threatened with eminent domain for a pipeline nobody would benefit from. He said any one-time easement payment would be tiny compared to the large amounts of money the pipeline company would make ongoing.

He asked the Commissioners to do what the Dougherty County Commission did, and pass a resolution in opposition to the Sabal Trail pipeline passing through Lowndes County.

You don’t have to wait for the Lowndes County Commission. You can ecomment directly to FERC, and, more importantly, you can contact your local, state, and national elected and appointed officials and the public and recommend they stop this unwanted, unneed, and hazardous pipeline.

-jsq

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