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July 27th, 2010
Atmos Is Acting Like Wall Street
When a company delivers a service, like electricity or natural gas, they deserve to be rewarded for giving the public a vital need and creating jobs. When one of those companies endangers thousands by neglecting to replace dangerous and dilapidated pipelines, they need to fix the problem and apologize. They don’t need to compound the problem with the sort of corporate greed we’ve seen on Wall Street. Continue reading »
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300,000 gas lines like those blamed in explosions run under Dallas-Fort Worth homes
State Rep. Robert Miklos, who represents Mesquite, does not agree with a plan to allow Atmos and other providers to draw a profit while replacing the lines.
But officials in Garland, the second largest city in Dallas County and the site of 13,255 of the lines, said Thursday they have had no contact with Atmos.
“Why should Atmos or any other utility profit from replacing their own dilapidated and dangerous infrastructure?” Miklos said in a press release. “It’s one thing for all of us to share in the costs of these long overdue safety upgrades, but does Atmos really deserve to make an additional profit out of our pockets just for doing the minimum to save lives?
For the entire story please go to DallasNews.com.
