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A Small Victory
We have some good news to report on the Michigan legislative front-- of a minor sort. You might recall that at the end of last month, we had ourselves pretty worked up about some seemingly minor changes proposed by state lawmakers to the Crude Oil and Petroleum Act....
Minor tax update and more
We're assuming that by now, all Line 6B landowners have received their completely incorrect 1099 tax forms. Since we first mentioned this extraordinary error-- strong and disturbing evidence for theory #3 as an explanation for why Enbridge can't do better-- we have...
Very Important Tax Information
As we've said many times before, Enbridge just can't seem to get even the simplest things right. Yesterday, we received our 1099 tax from from Enbridge-- a form that was supposed to have been issued by Jan. 31st-- only to find that the number reported on the form was...
In which we finally declare our allegiance
We live in polarized times. You hear all the time how sharply divided the country is, a fact that seems to be borne out by new evidence and new controversies nearly every week. The fissures run deep, splitting families, ending friendships, causing all sorts of bad...
MI CATS Convicted
We just received word that the Michigan Cats protestors have been convicted on all counts. We are angered and saddened by the news. More coming soon.
MI CATS on Trial
We've been caught up with some matters not directly related to Enbridge (though not completely unrelated either!). Some companion legislation to a bill giving tax breaks for oil and gas development proposes to eliminate some protections for property owners subject to...





