KGMI News
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – You won’t get the chance to tell Whatcom County Council members what you think about taking private property for pipelines.
The council considered putting an advisory measure on the November ballot about the use of eminent domain for oil and gas pipelines.
Council member Todd Donovan proposed it, but couldn’t get enough support from other council members, including Pipeline Safety Trust head Carl Weimer.
The measure would have asked if elected officials should work to prevent and limit the use of eminent domain to take property rights from private landowners for use in oil and gas pipelines.
Several pipelines have been proposed for Whatcom County.
