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" Enbridge is a for profit company - not a highway or some other public use that should be granted eminent domain at the drop of a hat. The United States is a country based on business and I respect Enbridges right to want to come through my property. It is a little annoying when every meeting or discussion I have with them starts out with the words eminent domain in the first sentence, and here is couple of bucks and if you don't like it, we will just tatke it from you anyway attitude. Who grants them eminent domain? Are they elected? Are they local? Lets form together and vote them out and replace them with someone who respects Illinois landowners rights and uses eminent domain as a last resort after all else has failed, not as an opening salvo in a negotiation with a company from Canada. "

" The only one's who should be claiming eminent domain are the landowners and families who have worked the fields and provided the United States and the world food. Enbridge, why not run the pipeline through your own back yard? McLean County has been a leader in the '' Food Pipeline " and will continue to be if you leave them alone. Show some respect to the farmers and their forefathers and don't insult their intelligence and work ethic by offering money. It is about more than that to the landowners. Put that in your pipeline and smoke it! "

" The Enbridge pipeline will sever the property of a 93 year old woman whose farm has been in her family for more than 100 years. An 89 year old WWII veteran is trying to defend the stand of trees on his property that is one of only two timber groves in McLean County native to our Illinois prairie. Another elderly couple traces their family farm back to pre-Civil War days. These landowners are not unique to the pipeline route. Almost every farm on the route through McLean County has been owned by the same family for generations, and the current owner is a senior citizen. These farms are among the most fertile in the world. "

" Everyone in McLean County should be concerned about what Enbridge is trying to do. Not just the landowners affected. Enbridge formed an L.L.C specifically to restrict their liability and protect their parent company. No matter what Enbridge says, there will be accidents and Enbridge may or may not be able to clean it up. Enbridge also stands to make millions of dollars on the project at the expense of McLean County citizens. We are the one's being put at risk. If everyone in McLean County said no to the pipeline, Enbridge would go away. They are not adding jobs to our area or saving us on fuel costs. They are strictly doing it for their own profit. Don't let this happen! Write your State Reps and demand they put a stop to this before it is to late. "

" It seems to me that all news stories say the refineries are running near capacity with the oil they receive now. The only one receiving greater good in this deal is Enbridge if they can substitute their oil for someone else’s. This is not going to lower anyone’s fuel bill, no greater good for the people so eminent domain should not apply. "

" 400,000 at $75 a barrel is 30,000,0000 a day worth of oil. Now who is greedy. "

" 6 acres, for example, could get around $5,000 per acre. Please people I beg you. Demand you are paid a fair price, as to what the property will be worth to the oil giants. Lets see a 1000 barrels of crude a day flowing at $75.00 a barrel is 75 grand a day $27,375,000 a year flowing through the pipe line. Sure seems like the property owners are getting the raw end of the deal at the exemplified rate. Be greedy, as no one Else will look out for you. You have, they want, now make em pay, just like they make us pay...... "

" Why did Enbridge form a Limited Liability Corperation - Enbridge Pipeline (Illinois) L.L.C - for this project if they were not trying to limit their liability for any problems which might arise? "

" Where are all the people against the windmills? This pipeline is a much bigger threat then the Windmills ever will be. "

" Great story, but readers could have used more details. What is the current going price for that land? How much highway robbery is being commited??? "

" What's the precise route through DeWitt County? "

" Another case of eminent domain abuse if it comes to that. "

" "eminent domain — government authority to compel property owners to sell land at market value for public good" Correct me if I'm wrong here...but I would think that the farm land is for the good of our public if not more than the pipeline! "

" I was at the meeting and I'm glad Bob Kelly was there to speak up. A lot of us are weary of trusting any Big Oil affliated industry... I understand we need to have the infrastructure to meet our energy needs, but it seems like there could be a better solution to locating such pipes. Why not along an interstate or other main road? "

" It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. I do find it humorous that in an area where people are always screaming about "the greater good', that people would be outraged when the 'greater good' would mean they may get the short end of the stick. "

" How can a Canadian company force eminent domain on United States citizens? When the power lines came through, you know those tall eyesores that go across the landscape, it was a rip off and they keep making money and no longer have to pay. The piple line folks need to have the same agreement that the Windmill companies do, which is to pay yearly for the use of the land and include an exit plan and funding in the case they no longer use them. "