Originally Posted by humdinger
Originally Posted by jlboykin
Originally Posted by jackmountain
Coal companies, timber companies, federal govt., Revenuers...you name it, pretty much any outsider that comes in making promises has [bleep] over, stolen and taken advantage of the locals in most of Appalachia. Most of the folks that settled the area fled here from countries where they were being treated the same way, so like I said before, being from this area, we're a little more hypersensitive to any situation where someone is trying to strip us of liberties.


Same thing happening here with oil and gas companies using eminent domain.


maybe 40 years ago. Pipelines are paying out more to keep you from joining the protesters.


No, it’s happening now. They just use midstream companies instead of doing it themselves. Use of eminent domain is off the charts right now.