Citizens petition Beshear to oppose eminent domain for proposed pipeline
“About 36,250 signatures were presented to Debra Gall, a front-office assistant in the governor’s office, said Sister Claire McGowan of the Dominican Sisters of Peace and executive director of New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future in Springfield.
“This petition represents the deep conviction of people of faith that it is our sacred duty to protect the land and the water and all the communities here in the commonwealth,” McGowan said in presenting the petition.
Not all the signatures gathered in the online petition were from Kentucky, McGowan said. (She did not know the ratio between in-state and out-of-state signatures.) Tom Droege, a spokesman for Bluegrass Pipeline, noted that when asked for response by email.
“If others want to solicit opinions and support for their point of view from around the world via the internet, we certainly respect their right to do so, but we’re continuing to focus on direct contact with Kentucky landowners about this project,” Droege wrote.”
Kocher, Greg. Kentucky.com 5 November 2013.