She's back!

And as usual, we are glad. Her latest Letter to the editor in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram speaks volumes.

The Star-Telegram recently reported that the U.S. has stockpiled so much natural gas that its storage capacity will soon be exhausted. No mention was made of this oversupply in a Friday report that the Fort Worth City Council is hustling through Chesapeake’s application to cross city streets in order to run a natural gas pipeline through Carter Avenue, a stable neighborhood in an east-side area. Why the hurry?

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court gave governments the right to take private property from citizens and give it to private corporations. Since then it’s been "Katy, bar the door" for fat cats. Going a step further, the state of Texas gave pipeline companies the same right to condemn private land as governments have. Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a bill that would have allowed pipelines to run along state highways.

Where will it end, folks? Do you think they will stop at your doorstep? As naturalist John Muir said, "Nothing 'dollarable’ is safe."

— Guelma B. Hopkins, Fort Worth