Re: "Tentative pact reached for controversial pipeline" (Nov. 23)
Years ago, state Sen. Joseph Maressa invested heavily in the Pinelands but was not permitted to develop. Now a pipeline is planned in the pines. Big money talks to some people.
I have read about gas explosions demolishing homes. I remember when a gas company in Vineland tried to locate a gas leak in the ground. Complaints of a gas odor brought out gas company employees several times in one neighborhood. Results were always negative. The explosion lifted a home off its foundation. The gas leak had flowed along a pipeline into the basement of the home. An uncontrolled fire in the Pinelands would be devastating and endanger humans and wildlife.
As a criminal investigator, I always wanted to be able to look into suddenly increased bank accounts and money trails of those in a position to help big money grow bigger at the people's expense.
RICHARD R. La MARRA