Fighting Goliath
Below are some comments made to WSLS TV’s Katy Love by members of Citizens Preserving Floyd County on the recent development that the Mountain Valley Pipeline proposed by two partner companies would not be coming through Floyd as had previously been announced.
“We’re so happy that we were able to stop this pipeline and I really think that we have. I’m sure that the company will not tell you that because they don’t want to know that little people can do this sort of thing. Floyd is a great example of a small community who has fought Goliath. We are an example. All these other places could be like us. It’s time for individual places and people to be speaking up to these companies that would damage their environment.” – Jane Cundiff
“It’s wonderful because it shows that community resistance works. At the same time, it’s not good enough. Our campaign is “No Pipeline.” I can’t, in good conscience, celebrate that my kids are safe when our people’s are at risk.” – Tree Gigante
“I think my country no longer represents me. They represent special interests and money. It’s time for people to stop thinking that hope is not possible. We were told this was inevitable. Nothing’s inevitable. Stand up and shake it up. We need to make the world we want to live in.” – Anne Armistead
“I think there were a lot of people that slept better last night knowing that it was not going to come through Floyd, but it was bittersweet … We are very aware that there are a lot of people and a lot of counties that are still embroiled in the same struggle. It’s our intention in Floyd to do what we can to support these other communities with the resources we have.” – Mara Robbins
October 10th, 2014 8:04 pm
Bless you all!
October 11th, 2014 12:29 am
It’s a real problem. Definitely we need to get off the fossil fuel standard. I hope I see it in my lifetime.
October 12th, 2015 11:38 am
Like many others I feel like my government is not representing me and others throughout Virginia and throughout the country. Our government is being bought by corporate interests and it is up to us to put an end to this, to stop the pipeline and many other things that are harmful to our country!!!. In several weeks Represent Roanoke, a part of Repesent Us which is a grassroots anti-corruption movement throughout the nation, will bring the Anti-Corruption Resolution in front of the Roanoke City Council. For Represent Us, this will be the first major step addressing corruption in Virginia. Tallahassee and several jurisdictions in New Jersey have already done this.