Couple hosting anti-Keystone XL (Willie Nelson and Neil Young) concert didn't expect to be involved

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/couple-hosting-anti-keystone-xl-concert-didn-t-expect-to/article_9247cc6f-abee-5bdb-ae7f-64d4ccd22fb5.html


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RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Art Tanderup, in his field, and wife Helen will welcome Willie Nelson, Neil Young and 7,000 others to their farm north of Neligh, Nebraska, for a Saturday concert in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Locals seem split over the concert, but Neligh attorney Joe McNally said he thinks most favor the pipeline.


The couple listened to what the employee of TransCanada Corp. had to say.

“She told us how supposedly this was going to lower our gas prices and support all these jobs,” he recalled. “The impression she gave was if we didn’t support this, we’d be un-American.”

They were open-minded to the project, they said as the agent departed, but they wanted to do a little research before continuing the negotiation.

What they learned has since turned the Tanderups into two of the pipeline’s most committed opponents.

FULL story at link.

[roguevalley]

1. bless them. as a person in an oil corrupt state, I wish them well.

[KamaAina]

2. “The impression she gave was if we didn’t support this, we’d be un-American.”

Coming from an employee of TransCanada Corp.!

[navarth]

3. this is awesome

that guy is the coolest farmer ever.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Agreed