Who Says You Can't Ban Things????- Take a Political Lesson My Friends!!!

Somebody sent this article from the NY Times in an email this AM.  

Read it here at this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/nyregion/hydrofracking-under-cuomo-plan-would-be-restricted-to-a-few-counties.html?hp

Now this is real interesting.  Looks like Cuomo is caving to pressure to severely  limit hydrofracking in NY.  Sounds like there have been some protests and others pushing their home rules rights.  Note that part about hydrofracking would only take place if the towns agree to it.  Well can you imagine that!!!!  Geee I don’t know is there any lesson that could be learned here about wind development and Article X????? Anybody been saying we should stand up against wind development with a ban, and stand up and fight Article X????

This article clearly points up what I have been talking about and the importance of communities taking a real strong political stand against wind …ya know like “prohibiting it” in our community instead of even slightly opening the door to it. or  appeasing the process that could force it on our community.  Or writing letters begging the NY PSC to see it our way, and that we have been reasonable.  What is it people just don’t get about this.  Stand up and make this wind and Article X issue such a political hot potato that the politicians that endorsed it won’t dare actually enforce it.

I think the real point here and it appears to be working with fracking and Cuomo,  is to be real damn unreasonable about invasive industrial uses like fracking or wind energy invading our community. Cuomo is going to run for President and he doesn’t really want the blood on his hands of forcing communities through legislation, that will stick to him like glue, that is more BIG Brother Govt  preempting peoples basic home rule rights.  But first he has to run for Gov. one more time, and this time he may have some real Republican opposition other than the buffoon Carl Palidino.  This time with what we know about Cuomo's bogus CV investigation, and his Aubertine appointment and the rights robbing Article X, some powerful Rep. Gov. candidate could make real political hay and trouble.

I have said all along that passing Article X was one thing…it will be quite another thing politically to actually force it on communities.  That could get around, and be real politically nasty… and that means VOTES!!!  There are already a number of towns in NY that have banned industrial wind, and we should to, then let Cuomo run a round and preempt all those laws.  That will go over real well politically!!!!

I will say it again, and this above article reinforces this idea.  We should be sending a message as follows:

1. We should be prohibiting wind turbines outright based on the science and research and impacts we now know.

2. We should be prohibiting industrial wind based on our comp plan and zoning protections as well.

3. We should be passing a resolutions (along with other towns and the County if possible)

outright opposing Article X.

4. We should be opposing wind turbines in the Lake.

5.   We should let it be known that if BP brings an Article X board to town we will use highly visible protests and PR here and in Albany, and things are going to get real real politically uncomfortable.  I know for fact that Gov. Cuomo doesn’t like protests…remember when he came to Watertown in 2010????

So let’s get our town board crackin, and have them pass a resolution opposing Article X!!!  Why won’t they do that.