Re: May 5 news story.
According to your article on a bill to require mapping of oil and gas pipelines in Colorado, state Rep. Lori Saine said the two Democratic legislators sponsoring the bill “were using a tragedy to engage in political grandstanding.”
I was shocked that Saine, a Republican representative from Firestone, where the tragedy leading to this bill happened, would say this. To allude that people’s safety is a political issue is ridiculous. People’s safety should be a priority to all representatives, no matter what party they represent.
Gov. John Hickenlooper is right to back , which would mandate that the state make available to the public a map of all the gas and oil pipelines in Colorado. This would provide more information when deciding where to live. Unfortunately it won’t help the two men who lost their lives, nor the others left in serious condition, but it will hopefully help prevent any future deaths.
Susan Kural, Lakewood
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