{"id":2739,"date":"2017-02-14T20:22:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T01:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2017-02-14T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T01:31:13","slug":"john-reisenweber-and-the-misinformation-about-the-mountaineer-gas-and-transcanada-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"John Reisenweber and the Misinformation About the Mountaineer Gas and TransCanada Pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jefferson County Economic Development Authority director John Reisenweber is complaining about \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journal-news.net\/news\/local-news\/2017\/02\/construction-of-pipeline-could-begin-next-year\/\">\u201cmisinformation from the naysayers\u201d<\/a> about the TransCanada and Mountaineer Gas pipelines that have triggered protests from local residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2738\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2738\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2738\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/reisenweber-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Reisenweber\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Reisenweber<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been drowned out by hired guns (protesters) from D.C. and the Dakotas,\u201d \u00a0Reisenweber said. \u201cI was at a meeting last week where they bused people in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reisenweber was referring to the TransCanada Open House in Hancock last week where more than 100 people gathered to say no to the TransCanada pipeline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 90 percent of those who opposed the pipeline at that meeting were from Berkeley Springs and the eastern panhandle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were no hired guns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were no buses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was mostly just a group of local people fed up with the corporate state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fed up with eminent domain for private gain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fed up with their state senators <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2682\">introducing corporate welfare legislation written by the natural gas industry.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fed up with economic development officials playing footsie with fossil fuel executives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need buses or hired guns, Mr. Reisenweber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You just need to open your eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferson County Economic Development Authority director John Reisenweber is complaining about \u00a0\u201cmisinformation from the naysayers\u201d about the TransCanada and Mountaineer Gas pipelines that have triggered protests from local residents. \u201cWe\u2019ve been drowned out by hired guns (protesters) from D.C. and &hellip; 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