At Ashland County’s Board of Supervisors meeting last week, about a dozen people spoke out against the account. Riley Clave, a community member, told the board the agreement “would be turning our public service into private security.” Another commenter, Soren Bvennehe, called the agreement “a blatant conflict of interest,” arguing that paying the sheriff’s office incentivizes preferential treatment for the company.
Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.
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Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They’re really going all in to protect Line 5, and there’s been so many warnings about it for years. Why don’t they just spend the money they’re already spending on lawsuits, police etc to just replace the damn line and be done with it?