Metgasco’s Mr Henderson must have a hide as thick as a rhino, and he seems to have about as much grace when in a bulldozer mood. Metgasco had their license suspended and it is Metgasco that should be sued, for the years of stress and disruption to everyday life that this company has caused to so many residents and taxpayers of this area.
Had our government chosen to give Metgasco the go-ahead, all that would have happened would have beeen an even greater upsurge of distrust and dislike pointed at that company, and the blockaders would be back, in forces as yet unseen.
Bentley blockade was mentioned again, just last night on ABC’s Q&A, as a prime example of people power. Remember that, Mr Henderson. It is nationally, and internationally (the reference to Bentley came from a Canadian panellist) understood that Metgasco never was, never will be, welcome here. No means no, whatever bullyboy tactics are put forward.
Linnie Lambrechtsen, Cawongla
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