Surely, Gov. Cuomo?????

In a recent letter of complaints by the Town of Cape Vincent to the NYPSC referenced in my last post below, the town officers made this statement.

"Surely Governor Cuomo did not envision Article 10 as a device to force a wind project on a community where it is thoroughly unwelcome."

That is interesting...I wonder exactly what they think Cuomo's Art. X is for and why it exists?

Let's examine this statement a bit. 

So what they are implying here is that any community that passes  very restrictive  wind zoning regulations or a ban, and shows some stiff opposition, and suddenly Cuomo just lets them skate away wind free?  Really??? that's it...that's all we have to do to convince the NYPSC and Cuomo to walk away?

WOW...I didn't realize it was THAT simple!   Do they honestly believe this?

Now let's see...virtually every community wind touches raises significant controversy, and in many an organized opposition of loud voices sufaces, and in some, a change in the town govt.  occurs as a direct result of the opposition to the industrial wind issue.   Just like in CV.

Sooooooo....where then does Cuomo and his large corporate wind and renewable clients plop down their invasive wind farms as this reaction has caught on across many  of NYS's communities? Where does Carol Murphy of ACE NY, who stood hovering  like a vulture over Cuomo's shoulder as  he signed Art. X, and Marion Trieste get to point their fingers at  their wind farms and tell everybody how wonderful it is and look at the screaming success of Mr. Cuomo's legislation to further, his and ours, and the State's renewable obligations. 

Oh, except in these prime little wind communities where a wind law and some  opposition defeated us by participating in the very same legislation we designed and passed overwhelmingly so we could defeat them and keep them under control!

If Cuomo passes on community after community in good wind resources, how exactly does this further his political agenda.  It doesn't, and he would look like a completely spineless ineffective weak fool of a politician if a little opposition and a few home rule laws fried his political cookies.

 Does the town REALLY think he is going to sit still for this????   REALLY????  My opinion is that political reality says he will give us at best a terrible compromise so he and his legislation can have a nice shiny example to scam everyone how wonderful this all worked out, and how we looked real hard at everyone's input, and by gosh everyone was "reasonable"!!!

Not to mention we are one of the first communities to come under Cuomo's Art X scheme.  You really think Cuomo and his PSC are just going to say...

"Wow they have a great responsible restrictive wind regulations, and it looks like the wind opposition doesn't  want our wind turbines, so let's set a huge precedent right up front with one of our first stabs at Art X for a big industrial wind client and just let this one pass and tell BP too bad go home"

Yup, I'll bet that is right up top on Cuomo's green energy job, Power NY  Energy Highway renewable political agenda.

Art. X exists in direct political response to relatively successful wind opposition that was building in NYS, and many many more people and communities becoming far more savvy and vocal about the industrial wind scam, and spreading the word and  turning that into direct home rule political action to restrict it or stop it.  This story resides in the vast majority of the towns in the NNY and 1000 Islands region and it had to be politically STOPPED on behalf of large corporate interests. And the quickest way was to screw democracy and community home rule rights and replace it with a tiddy little system where everyone feels so warm and fuzzy about their input....just like our CV leaders!!!!

Our town leaders quickly need to get a serious grip on harsh political reality and stop dangerously indulging themselves in this high school  civics class ra ra ra. go team go, American democracy fantasy.

For God's sake people, Cuomo and the NY legislature just blatantly ripped away your most significant community rights for corporate interests and their profits.

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!!

And just a reminder of how important the rights were they took away...

NY Town Law on comp planning and zoning which they just stripped away to enhance large corporate and political interests and agendas.

1. Legislative findings and intent.


The legislature hereby finds and determines that:

(a) Significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and

long-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the state

and its communities are made by local governments.

(b) Among the most important powers and duties granted by the

legislature to a town government is the authority and responsibility to

undertake town comprehensive planning and to regulate land use for the

purpose of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare of

its citizens.

Yeah...well noooo shit...so let's just take that away!!!!

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