There is no miracle that can save Grain Belt Express. Legally, it has no leg to stand on. No matter how many Letters to the Editor that fail to recognize the legal straightjacket GBE finds itself in, and no matter how many Editorials crafted by bombastic opinion, and no matter how many legal briefs that attempt to slice and dice legal precedent to allow PSC approval of GBE, the fact remains that Grain Belt Express cannot be approved without the assent of Missouri County Commissions it proposes to cross.
It's Missouri law, and the court has spoken.
The arguments of Grain Belt and its supporters are simply rehashed crap that didn't work at the Court of Appeals nor at the Missouri Supreme Court. From that one can surmise that if the same issue is presented to the court again in the form of a "conditional" permit issued for GBE, that the Courts will issue an identical opinion. GBE's attempts to distinguish itself from Ameren are desperate and deeply flawed.
Is that all you got, Clean Line?
The threats to take a denial through state and federal court are empty, right? I mean, where are you going to get the money to pursue a hopeless state court case, not to mention a very expensive federal court case?
Clean Line no longer has a "team." Now it only has "leaders." After years of presenting a pictorial parade of every Clean Line employee, right down to the administrative staff who will never deal with the public, did it just become too embarrassing to have the public watching the ever-shrinking "team" at Clean Line? Did the big lay-off happen the day "our team" disappeared? If I call Houston, will one of the "leaders" answer the phone, if they're not busy making coffee or taking out the trash? I hope Jayshree isn't stuck with phone and coffee duty, just because she's the only woman left on the "team." That wouldn't be quite fair.
Clean Line's lack of any forward momentum on any of its projects makes me believe that the piggy bank is darn near empty.
If the MO PSC denies or dismisses GBE's application, I think that's all she wrote.
And will the history books reflect the demise of Clean Line accurately? The only thing that ever stood between Clean Line and success was its careless disregard for landowners and local governments. Perhaps it was simple greed that prevented Clean Line from allowing participating landowners a piece of the pie commensurate with their sacrifice. And perhaps it was sheer arrogance that caused Clean Line to think that it could buy enough political influence to run over Mayberrian officials. Whatever the cause, the effect will be fatal.
"Clean" lines were not well planned, and instead of applying the Golden Rule that any outsider can easily see permeates Mayberrian society and adjusting their plan to produce a successful outcome for everyone, I guess Clean Line's greed and arrogance got the better of them.
It's time for this circus tent to come down.
It's Missouri law, and the court has spoken.
The arguments of Grain Belt and its supporters are simply rehashed crap that didn't work at the Court of Appeals nor at the Missouri Supreme Court. From that one can surmise that if the same issue is presented to the court again in the form of a "conditional" permit issued for GBE, that the Courts will issue an identical opinion. GBE's attempts to distinguish itself from Ameren are desperate and deeply flawed.
Is that all you got, Clean Line?
The threats to take a denial through state and federal court are empty, right? I mean, where are you going to get the money to pursue a hopeless state court case, not to mention a very expensive federal court case?
Clean Line no longer has a "team." Now it only has "leaders." After years of presenting a pictorial parade of every Clean Line employee, right down to the administrative staff who will never deal with the public, did it just become too embarrassing to have the public watching the ever-shrinking "team" at Clean Line? Did the big lay-off happen the day "our team" disappeared? If I call Houston, will one of the "leaders" answer the phone, if they're not busy making coffee or taking out the trash? I hope Jayshree isn't stuck with phone and coffee duty, just because she's the only woman left on the "team." That wouldn't be quite fair.
Clean Line's lack of any forward momentum on any of its projects makes me believe that the piggy bank is darn near empty.
If the MO PSC denies or dismisses GBE's application, I think that's all she wrote.
And will the history books reflect the demise of Clean Line accurately? The only thing that ever stood between Clean Line and success was its careless disregard for landowners and local governments. Perhaps it was simple greed that prevented Clean Line from allowing participating landowners a piece of the pie commensurate with their sacrifice. And perhaps it was sheer arrogance that caused Clean Line to think that it could buy enough political influence to run over Mayberrian officials. Whatever the cause, the effect will be fatal.
"Clean" lines were not well planned, and instead of applying the Golden Rule that any outsider can easily see permeates Mayberrian society and adjusting their plan to produce a successful outcome for everyone, I guess Clean Line's greed and arrogance got the better of them.
It's time for this circus tent to come down.
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