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Sun May 29, 2011 at 11:13 PM CDT
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| Rep. Dennis Bonnen just said that he and Rep. Eiland are "going out later," after saying that Rep. Eiland was one of the smarter lawyers in the Chamber or something like that. {{loud laughter}}
Why is Dennis Bonnen so popular? I don't get it.
Along with so many of his "elders," in the Texas legislature, this man is a disgrace.
Kirk Claunch, a Fort Worth lawyer representing landowners in property-damage suits against natural gas operators in Denton and Johnson counties, described the expanded bill as an attack on private property rights.
"I can't think of any piece of legislation that's more un-American than one that deprives a private property owner of the right to defend themselves against abuses from a big oil company or anybody else," Claunch said. "This is law that essentially says we are going to let the oil and gas industry do whatever it needs and to run over anybody that gets in its way without any consequence."
Claunch said the amendment wouldn't have stopped lawsuits he has pending in Denton and Johnson counties, but it would have affected other landowners who want to sue companies whose activities hurt land values. [emphasis added.]
Oh, great. Now he's filling in for the Speaker, again. Is this the best our state can do with leadership? Dennis Bonnen. Is this it??
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