On our way to get our hair cut this morning, we drove across Brandon Township (this photo is in Groveland near Brandon’s western border), where there are very few visible signs of the Line 6B “replacement” project. We had this thought:

If Enbridge had treated Brandon Township and the state of Michigan with respect from the beginning, if they had secured all their permits and complied with state laws and local ordinances, if all the time they’ve spent in court filing for dismissals and waiting for rulings had been spent seeking the consent of townships all along the line, they’d probably already have their pipe in the ground by now.