The property-rights issue is paramount for two state senators who represent the areas affected by the proposed route. “I support the pipeline, but I don’t support the path they’ve chosen, and I don’t support the use of eminent domain unless they’re doing something for rural Virginia,” said Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R-Augusta. Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, one of four senators to vote against the Wagner bill initially, said he does not think the law is constitutional. “The property-rights issue is very real,” Deeds said.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:41:11 +0000
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