Iowa landowner claims he was offered prostitute by oil pipeline company rep

[Ichingcarpenter]

DES MOINES — A southeast Iowa landowner claims he was offered the services of a prostitute in exchange for allowing a crude oil pipeline to go through his property.

Hughie Tweedy of rural Montrose told reporters Monday that a regional representative of Dakota Access LLC on three separate occasions offered “the sexual services of a woman” if Tweedy would allow the pipeline to run through his property.

A Dakota Access representative said the company is looking into the allegations.

Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, wants to construct a 1,134-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The $3.8 billion pipeline would span 343 miles and 18 counties in Iowa, from the state’s northwest corner to the southeast corner.

Tweedy said he does not want the pipeline to run through his property, and as a self-described Libertarian, he does not think the government should force him to acquiesce via eminent domain


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[bloomington-lib]

1. Why does he thinks it the govt that want to take his land?

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. They face condemnation of land under eminent domain.

On 29 July 2014, according to Dakota Access, LLC it met with the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for a first meeting. Dakota Access then wrote landowners in the path of the pipeline, requesting visits to survey or taking soil samples in preparation for voluntary easement or face condemnation of land under eminent domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_pipeline

[bloomington-lib]

6. I guess I meant, the govt wants to take it, but only because the oil companies want it.

I would be mad at the oil companies and their ability to control my govt against me, and not somehow forget that part and focus on just the govt, as conservatives seem to do often.

[hunter]

3. Whatever happened to the art of rudely reacting to such offers in a sarcastic way?

No, not just any prostitute, YOU! Twice a month so long as the oil flows, starting now. Deal?

Trouble is, you never know about these pipeline company representatives. They might just take you up on the offer.

[mackdaddy]

4. Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department

Seems business as usual: NYTimes 2008

WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal — including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.

In three reports delivered to Congress on Wednesday, the department’s inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found wrongdoing by a dozen current and former employees of the Minerals Management Service, which collects about $10 billion in royalties annually and is one of the government’s largest sources of revenue other than taxes.

“A culture of ethical failure” pervades the agency, Mr. Devaney wrote in a cover memo.

The reports portray a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration’s watch.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/washington/11royalty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[AuntPatsy]

5. This is really important, where is the investigations, how high up does this practice happen

And under what rules of play, many should be more outraged and horrified wondering if inside Americas very governing center this is more common than is comfortable considering these people enact laws that they themselves fail to follow....