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ET Rover, Fact, and Spin
We left off yesterday's post about ET Rover's recent meetings with local officials by expressing some concern about whether some of those officials are equipped-- for whatever reasons-- to adequately inform and assist landowners. So far, we've been very impressed with...
ET Rover Meets with Officials, not the Public
The ET Rover news in the last week or so has not been good. First, Lapeer prosecutors performed some very shoddy legal research which led them to issue a misinformed, Rover-friendly memo regarding Rover's right to survey. Our guess is that some crafty ET Rover...
Enbridge Gets Busted Again
If you've been paying attention, you might know that up in Canada Enbridge has been all in a flurry to get their Line 9 pipeline reversal online and running. They've gone about it in their typically ham-fisted way, despite the legitimate concerns of lots of Canadians,...
Breaking: Lapeer Prosecutors Roll Over for Rover
Over the past few years, we've grown accustomed to Michigan public officials' willingness to allow pipeline companies to have their way with Michigan citizens. We can't for the life of us understand why so many of our politicians and regulators seem so much more...
Is ET Rover Breaking the Law?
There's been a lot of news about ET Rover this week, owing to an unfortunate incident in which their survey crews entered or tried to enter the properties of some landowners without permission, in one case sparking a potentially dangerous confrontation. It's...
Important Information for ET Rover Landowners
Today in the comments section of one of our posts, a reader reports that ET Rover is or will soon begin making cash offers to landowners to acquire easements from them. We cannot verify this. But it's not at all hard to believe. Pipeline companies acquire easement...
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