SAN ANTONIO — Rural Texas ranchers and urban San Antonians might not have much in common, but opposition to the Vista Ridge pipeline project brought some of them together Tuesday.
On the steps of City Hall, speeches and chants against the proposed 142-mile pipeline project rang out from Burleson County landowners and San Antonio environmental and social justice groups opposing the pipeline.
Chanting "My water, my life, my right to fight," about 30 people then tried to enter the city manager's office, then council chambers to deliver 6,800 signatures from rural landowners asking the city council to vote no on water rate hikes on Nov. 19. The increases would in part fund the project.
"We just want to let City Council know that, I don't know what (Abengoa) Vista Ridge has told them...but opposition in Burleson County is gaining strength," landowner Gabbo Goetsch said.
Some city staff arrived to speak to the protesters but no council members were present around 1 p.m. District 8 councilman Ron Nirenberg eventually arrived and spoke with some of the protesters.
SAN ANTONIO — Rural Texas ranchers and urban San Antonians might not have much in common, but opposition to the Vista Ridge pipeline project brought some of them together Tuesday.
On the steps of City Hall, speeches and chants against the proposed 142-mile pipeline project rang out from Burleson County landowners and San Antonio environmental and social justice groups opposing the pipeline.
Chanting "My water, my life, my right to fight," about 30 people then tried to enter the city manager's office, then council chambers to deliver 6,800 signatures from rural landowners asking the city council to vote no on water rate hikes on Nov. 19. The increases would in part fund the project.
"We just want to let City Council know that, I don't know what (Abengoa) Vista Ridge has told them...but opposition in Burleson County is gaining strength," landowner Gabbo Goetsch said.
Some city staff arrived to speak to the protesters but no council members were present around 1 p.m. District 8 councilman Ron Nirenberg eventually arrived and spoke with some of the protesters.
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