Dan Gilbert- Bristol Herald Journal
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Above is a link to a series of articles written by Dan Gilbert. He is a writer for the relatively small town Bristol Herald Journal in Bristol, Virginia. In his eight piece series he deals with the issue of whether mineral owners have a right to be treated in a fair fashion. The legislative process of forced pooling with no true notice to the owners that they are losing their minerals, and the failure to have any negotiation over the leased value or the royalty rate were simply fascinating. I hope the Pulitzer people have their eyes wide open, because this is the type of investigative reporting that should occur everywhere! As a Detroit boy and a reader of the Kwame Kilpatrick dirge for the past year, I would put Dan Gilbert’s series of article on at least an equal plane.
