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Gman

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2. But they all jumped at the chance to have fracking done or

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 09:06 AM

Jun 2013

a pipeline run through their property for the money. There's people walking around down there with more money now than they've ever had. (One in particular and his brother that I know that are now both approaching 60 that have been a druggies and alcoholics their entire adult lives and, through family property, are banking $30K a month.) They've all got to take the good with the bad. They all know the risks. THere's been oil in the area forever. They're only now finding it in Karnes County.

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Karnes County: Flowline rupture contaminates property [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2013 OP

Tish-push. Listen to the XL Pipeline people, and they can tell you that pipelines are perfectly safe mbperrin Jun 2013 #1

But they all jumped at the chance to have fracking done or Gman Jun 2013 #2