[decimon]

A spokesperson for the Georgia Transmission Corporation told Channel 2 they had hired a deputy...

Serving two masters.

[cherry]

another power mad cop.....its an epidemic..

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Worley said she went down the road to talk. She said she didn’t threaten anyone,

A lot missing from this story. She didn't threaten anyone...but what exactly did she say?

[Mark was here]

Guess she wants to be on the grid, just wants the power lines in someone else's back yard.

Power line have to be ran in order to support human life as we know it.

At least she will not have to worry about lice.

[Westlander]

[driftdiver]

“A spokesperson for the Georgia Transmission Corporation told Channel 2 they had hired a deputy...”

How does he arrest someone if he’s working a side job?

[Popman]

The "perp"

Resident: Former land of the free

[OldEagle]

“It’s just pure, old-fashioned intimidation. They want people’s land and they don’t want to pay for it,” said Worley's lawyer, Don Evans.

That's the money quote.

[TommyDale]

If the power company did that here, I would be more worried about this problem:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Power-Line-Cover-Up-Government-Electromagnetic/dp/0316109118

[NonValueAdded]

A bit dramatic with the headline. She was strip-searched and deloused as part of the standard jail intake procedure. Now, should she have been in jail in the first place? That is where the real question lies. That Kerry jerk deserved to get tased and I’m sure he got strip-searched and deloused too ... did this woman offer similar resistance?

[Popman]

Late last year, a letter from the Georgia Transmission Corporation told her a 230 Kilovolt power line was going to go through her property.

Doesn't seem like she much of an option.

I'm not familiar with these things, but I assume she was compensated financially for her property and the lose of it's use?

[hoosierham]

The utilities are some of the most arrogant people when it comes to property;you pay taxes on the land but they can destroy any plantings or anything that impedes access.I used to hate the idea of strangers having keys to my basement door for meter checking in the city. Up until the 1990s we read our meter on the farm and mailed in the postcard and once a year the co-op checked the meter to verify it hadn't been tampered with and the reading was correct as sent in. Then we became a "rurban" utility with a manager with a big degree and experience in the power industry;who didn't trust anyone but their own employees to write down the same numbers we had for 30 years;except the readers were bad-tempered jerks who demanded farm gates be left unlocked,watchdogs tied and claimed they would "own this place if I fall,slip,or get bit or chased by any animal".Farms have animals and the meters were often installed on poles in the barnyard;moving the meter is now a major expense .

I believe one of the greatest benefits of energy self-sufficiency would be curtailment of the utility monster,which is one of the reasons utilities fight homeowner power.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not an attorney. Here’s what it looks like to me.

That company must have had some authority to be there. If they didn’t they’re in deep caca.

Unless money had changed hands, that power company had no business being on her property. A court may have given them that authority to complete surveys. If not, they were tresspassing. As for the deputy, he would have been too.

He can be there as security for a firm if they have a right to be there. If they don’t, he would be a party to a crime.

This woman may be get herself an attorney and clean these folk’s clock.

If they had been in Texas and tried to pull this, the husband may have been within his rights to use lethal force to prevent his wife from being kidnapped. Of course that’s assuming the company did not have the right to be there.

I have a real hard time thinking they didn’t. They would be opening themselves up to some serious litigation if they didn’t.

This sort of thing bothers me alot. Property rights are very important.

[AppyPappy]

She said she didn’t threaten anyone

They never do.

[Liberty Valance]

ping

[Joan Kerrey]

She said she didn’t threaten anyone, but the Barrow County deputy working with the surveyors didn’t see it that way -- the deputy called for backup. ================= Ya, sure, deputy called for backup to share the coffee and donuts she brought with her.

[jim_trent]

People who don’t want power lines should not have electricity.

[Kevmo]

They want people’s land and they don’t want to pay for it
***Sums it up.

[OCCASparky]

You don't want power lines? Fine. The utility company will be out to remove your line tomorrow.

Utilities DO need to make reasonable compensation, but don't think for one second that we can meet existing needs with the system we have, and don't even get me started on projected use in 20-30 years.

[Borax Queen]

She and her lawyer said they’re suing, not just for her, but for other Georgians facing the threat of eminent domain and what they see as loss of property rights.

“I just don’t see how this could happen in a land of freedom, but we don’t have freedom anymore because people can just do anything they want to,” said Worley.

Who knows what really happened, but could be interesting to watch...

[13Sisters76]

There is a LOT missing here- wanna bet she didn’t just want to “talk”? I’m betting she was loud, abusive and yes, threatening. I’ll bet she gave the cop a bad time and resisted when he asked her to leave the workers alone. Just because she is an old lady, doesn’t mean she cannot be a true pain in the butt.

And how about that “strip search”? What did they do? Make her take her sweater off? Hand over her handbag?

There needs to be more info before we hang the cop. I live in Barrow and have had dealings with the cops out here and they are a seriously laid-back and decent bunch. The population here is booming and they are putting in new infrastructure to handle it and upgrade the services. They are NOT “grabbing land”.

My initial reaction to this story is the same as now- this old lady is a crock.