Re: View Re: OT: Has anybody heard ...

And your view is absolutely right. While I've never begrudged anyone from
profiting from their hard work and services, it different when you're making
someone's life a living hell to do it. And from your post, that's *exactly*
what they're doing to *you*.

Is there nothing that ya'll can do? Petitions? Lawsuits? Surely (and I mean
no offense) your property values took a serious hit from all that crap ...
you deserve to be compensated for it (and hopefully in such a way that the
gas co. is ever so sorry they put you through that in the first place).

I'd also sic the environmental groups on'em. Even if they're operating
within regs, it would still be a pain in their butt-cheeks. Gas companies
are notorious for being dangerous to the environment (Erin Brokovich,
anyone? PG Gas?) and it would only take a tiny bit of squeaking on your part
to get the enviro groups in a tizzy.

I'm not the "let's-go-sue" type, but sometimes, in the cases of big
business, it's the only way the little guy gets any justice ... I really,
truly and honestly hope that *you* get justice and those *&^% get the heck
outta dodge and leave you in peace. I am really, really sorry that you're
going through that, Sandy. :(

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Connie :-)
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"Sandy Ellison" <eltex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C41976B8.26DCB%eltex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Howdy!

This gas well, as most others in this area,
is in a RESIDENTIAL area. 3 months ago that was a pasture, w/
cows and mesquite trees on it, a couple of old homes backed up to
the fence. It's residential, people in homes, w/ more homes being
built on every side of that field, vs. the gas & oil biz in Tx..
Something useful? Making rich people richer, at the gas companies.
Everyone's got a view, a perspective; this one's mine.

At Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright had built his winter home and
school up in the hills outside Phoenix, ca. 1932. He watched the
city of Phoenix sprawl towards his oasis in the desert, and he didn't
like it. When the highway went in, acres away from his home on the hill,
Mr. W got pretty upset; then they put lights out along that highway
& Mr. W got furious. Obsessively furious. He protested but the highway
and the lights stayed. So he turned him home around, moving the furniture
and outdoor seating so that everything faced the other direction, up
to the hill (lots of scrub brush and cactus), instead of out over that
beautiful valley. Because he couldn't stand to see those light poles out
there along the edge of the highway. His neighbors got used to the
poles & the lights, to the point where they just didn't see them anymore.
But Mr. Wright never got over it. That was his perspective.
http://www.franklloydwright.org/index.cfm?section=home&action=home

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, with the a/c running & an audio book
playing in the machine, the quilting continues, despite the idiocy of
people who don't understand environmental pollution,
air, sight, water, ground, whichever.

Jeanne, don't go running off, again. Stay. Tell your tale.
You got a banner?

R/Sandy -- perspective: 1. a view or prospect, such as scenery;
2. particular attitude or way of regarding something



On 4/2/08 3:46 PM, in article
bogus-E285B3.21465802042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack Campin - bogus
address" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sandy Ellison <eltex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The view from my neighbor's backyard looks very much like this:
http://tinyurl.com/2l3gba

Okay, you're living next to an industrial hellhole. At least that's
doing something useful for somebody (though most likely not you).

The thing Jeanne's got outside her house is part of a sports
facility. It isn't reasonable to inflict so much misery on
somebody simply so a few guys can kick a ball around at night.

Since Jeanne is the most affected seh's going to have to take
the lead on the issue - the neighbours can't be expected to
fight as hard. But they probably will support her if she doesn't
alienate them.

In the end the Hone Heke option might be the most reasonable one,
but it'll be pretty self-destructive if the neighbours don't
support her doing it. (Four ropes tied two each to the top and
bottom of the pole, staked to the ground away from the house to
stop either end from moving towards it. A few minutes work with
a carborundum disc cutter. Drop the cutter and run like hell when
it starts to move. Have the neighbours make a video for YouTube).

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