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In reply to the discussion: The Georgia investigation: Trump's point man/secretary/errand boy, is a big, big, target. [View all]gab13by13
(32,915 posts)I was elected to borough council back in the 70's when I was a whipper snapper. My claim to fame was that I took on the mafia-like family that ran our town who wanted to strip coal on our pristine watershed and build a coal cleaning plant in a flood plain. My town is like 3,000 people and I spent many sleepless nights. A friend of mine argued at a hearing and shot down all of the coal people's data.
My friend told me that he got death threats, that they were going to kill him and his family. The coal strippers always brought a contingent of goons to the council meeting and they sat right behind me. We won, we protected our water, no coal cleaning plant, so I can imagine the pressure that Trump put on people because I got a small taste of it.