Big pipeline and big oil must really want Hughie Tweedy's land. He is claiming pipeline executives have offered him some
unusual incentives:
Hughie Tweedy of rural Montrose told reporters Monday that a regional representative of Dakota Access LLC on three separate occasions offered “the sexual services of a woman” if Tweedy would allow the pipeline to run through his property.
Not just a woman, a "$1,200 teenage prostitute." And Tweedy says he has proof:
Tweedy said he recorded two of the face-to-face conversations over beers. He said his lawyer recommended he not play the recording for the media because it may be used in possible future litigation. He said he would be willing to give them to state investigators if subpoenaed.
This wouldn't be the first time oil and gas executives
went to great lengths to get their way. And the booming oil fields in North Dakota have created an equally booming
business of prostitution and sex trafficking.
Hughie Tweedy says he's not giving up his land for the pipeline:
“I want the pipeline to go around me, but honestly I don’t want the pipeline in the state of Iowa. I think the cost and benefits don’t add up.”