OH Judge Rules in Favor of NEXUS Survey, Ticks Off the CORNballs
On Tuesday a Medina County, OH judge ruled that the NEXUS pipeline does have a right to enter private land to survey it for possible routes for the pipeline. The judge said Ohio laws allow private companies to survey land for eventual appropriation (including eminent domain) as long as the company can prove it is an energy or utility company. The judge said the law is quite clear on that point--plain and simple to understand. The judge's decision didn't sit too well with the CORNballs of CORN (Coalition to Reroute Nexus pipeline). We've written plenty about CORN and their effort to "reroute" the NEXUS (see our CORN stories here). Although the group states their aim is to reroute the NEXUS away from northern counties in Ohio, what they're really trying to do is simply stop the pipeline altogether. Every legal and political maneuver they've tried has failed. But that doesn't deter the CORN faithful. They're baaaack! This time the CORNballs are taking their fight to the state legislature, hoping they can get a law passed favorable to their cause...
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