Farmer Released from Jail After Confronting Workers Over Mine Discharge from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"A still-indignant 73-year-old cattle farmer walked out of the Fayette County Jail on Monday morning after serving a four-day contempt-of-court sentence for confronting natural gas pipeline company employees who he said were pumping acidic mine water onto his pasture for a second time. ... "The pipeline people are totally unethical in every aspect," Mr. Bezjak said just outside the jail and courthouse. "They try to be your friend when they want to get a lease, but after that they start taking advantage of you. I'm fed up, you can tell. It's been lie after lie after lie.""
"A still-indignant 73-year-old cattle farmer walked out of the Fayette County Jail on Monday morning after serving a four-day contempt-of-court sentence for confronting natural gas pipeline company employees who he said were pumping acidic mine water onto his pasture for a second time. ... "The pipeline people are totally unethical in every aspect," Mr. Bezjak said just outside the jail and courthouse. "They try to be your friend when they want to get a lease, but after that they start taking advantage of you. I'm fed up, you can tell. It's been lie after lie after lie.""
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