The Detroit Free Press has a story this morning on the Precision Pipeline flag faux-pas. Beth Duman, as always, brings the heat and Enbridge’s Jason Manshum issues a canned apology. But the best part of the story is when Manshum says:
Manshum said the company respects Veterans Day and has many veterans on its staff in the U.S. Enbridge is based in Canada.
We spoke with reporter Eric Lawrence yesterday also but didn’t make the cut for the story. Our remarks echoed Beth’s: we just thought the flag mistake served as an apt metaphor for the way pipeline companies place their own interests ahead of all others.
In addition to the indefatigable Beth Duman, we would also like to thank our original source for this little story: a neighbor of ours who happened to drive by that site last week. His tip (and befuddlement at what he saw) started this whole thing.