If you get tired or writing letters to the NY PSC, you might want to talk to someone more directly or email them about the Cape Vincent wind issue. Link below to the agency phone numbers and emails and an office directory.
Maybe you could get to know better some of the players who are having a direct impact on Cape Vincent's future. Garry Brown for example is the Chairman of the Commissioners and also the Chairman of the Art X Siting board. Oh, and there is Maureen Harris the commissioner who's husband is the BP lawyer. This is a very interesting list with some interesting people. It's the one I used to email Harris and ask if her husband was actually the BP lawyer. Of course I got NO answer. Despite this list that makes it look as if they are just waiting to answer your calls and emails, they aren't real responsive!
http://www.naruc.org/commissions/default.cfm?s=55
STOP, The regional wind energy industrialization of one of New York State's most beautiful and environmentally sensitive areas, the 1000 Islands of the St. Lawrence River and the Golden Crescent of Eastern Lake Ontario. If you don't think you are seeing the most recent posts click on the current month in the archives to the right.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Pictures From Recent S. California Camping Touring Trip
One of 5 or 6 geothermal plants near Salton Sea. Water comes out of 6000 ft. wells at about 500 degress. Water returned back to the aquifer at about 200 degress. Plants produce 50MW each. In addition to the plants there are distribution pipes running across and along numerous road and fields as well as nemerous power lines and substations. Plants were producing 24/7 while we were in the area. Appears to be a reliable source of renewable energy, however I still would not want these large industrial complexes in the town of Cape Vincent or along the Thousand Islands or Golden Crescent.
Workers and helicopter working on new power line in the desert near Palm Springs.
Sand patterns on California beach near Carlsbad Ca.
Only a few of the hundreds and hundreds of wind turbines of
all ages and designs along I-10 at Palm Springs Ca.
Morning shadows on desert mountains in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs Ca.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Obedience is the Problem!
Consider this quote by Howard Zinn as our communities obediently charge
ahead within the law that Cuomo and Art X has so carefully scripted for us!
For BP to win in Cape Vincent, and for Cuomo to achieve his Art. X and green
agenda goals on behalf of his wind energy clients, it requires our obedience as a key part of that plan!
So far so good!!!
Nice Try JLL...But It Ain't True - How About We Stick To The Facts And Not The Spin!
WOW...the WDT story has gotten way out of whack that the three local non-profits, Save the River, (STR), Thousand Islands Land Trust, (TILT) and the 1000 Island International Tourism Council have suggested that the PSC allow local towns to decide their land use futures when it comes to industrial wind energy.
Cape Vincent Town Supervisor Urban Hirschey apparently sent a copy of this article to the PSC as a comment. OK good so far.
However, Hirschey's rabid supporters like Wiley at the JLL blog and Pandora's Box of Rocks blog are giving the distorted impression that the three non-profits mentioned above have weighed in against industrial wind energy in our region. Particularly Wiley at JLL. Below is the JLL headline. Underlining is mine.
"Cape Vincent Supervisor Urban Hirschey sends the NYS PSC a Watertown Daily Times article showing industrial wind opposition by three major Stewards of the Thousand Islands Region"
That is pure nonsense!!!
You can read the rest at: http://www.jeffersonleaningleft.blogspot.com/
Let me say right up front I really wish that were actually the case, but it is not true unfortunately, and the best two of these groups can offer is a cop out stance on industrial wind, and this has already cost us dearly in our efforts to protect this region over the last 7 years. Wiley is putting an unreasonable spin on what these groups have said and what Hirschey actually sent to the NYPSC.
The three groups are basically saying in the WDT article and comments to the PSC that the local communities should retain home rule rights to decide through zoning and comprehensive planning what industrial wind development they will allow. In fact I only see one letter to the PSC by TILT, and not the other two groups.
So let's look at the FACTS. First re-read the WDT article at:
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130125/NEWS03/701259837
The only group that makes a direct statement in the article about opposition to industrial wind in the region is TILT and they back off that in their official letter to the PSC. Their quote below from the WDT article.
"Thousand Islands Land Trust’s executive director, Jake R. Tibbles, said that while the land trust “supports the concept of renewable energy and strongly advocates energy efficiency and conservation activities,” it does not support the siting of large commercial wind turbines."
And I say thank you for being the only one who has the metal to stand up and say outright what the proper and obvious solution to the industrial wind issue really is and that is NO turbines in our region. That is what I have been saying for 7 years since wind arrived. It is what everyone else with any official standing like towns or groups is deathly afraid to say. Thank you to TILT for taking a lead on the issue that is actually a relevant and an appropriate stance to the invasive impacts that will destroy our beautiful region.
However, in TILT's official letter to the NYPSC they don't say they oppose turbines outright. They only say it in the WDT article. You can see the TILT letter by their director Jake Tibbles at this link;
http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?MatterSeq=40867
In this letter he does not say TILT is opposed to industrial wind, only that the Art X board should let the towns make the decision locally concerning wind siting.
Well how about Save the River, are they saying they are opposed to industrial wind in the region as Wiley claims? No. Lee Willbanks their director says that there should be a three year moratorium and study to determine the cumulative impacts of wind development. Nowhere does STR publicly say they are opposed to industrial wind in our region. OK, so we do a moratorium and study...what then...put up the turbines? It's a cop out!!! Or after three years do they finally come out with full public opposition to industrial wind?
And here is an irony. CV councilman Clif Schneider is or was on the board of STR, and as I understand it helped draft STR's three year moratorium and study position. Yet at no time has Clif or the town of CV actually asked for or tried to pass a three year moratorium just as he has recommended. The best we got was a 7 month moratorium so they could rush ahead and go along with Art X and appear "reasonable", and that ended in a law that would actually allow some industrial wind turbines. Go figure!!! Seems to me that would be directly contrary to what the three groups are suggesting in the WDT article
And what about the Tourism Council? Are they publicly against industrial wind in the region as Wiley claims? Nope, not them either. The best they can offer is this quote below from the WDT article. Underlining is mine.
Gary S. DeYoung, executive director of the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council, echoed Mr. Tibbles’s support for home rule.
While the tourism council has no formal stance on commercial wind development, Mr. DeYoung said he, too, believes local officials should be the ones determining what’s best for the community.
WOW...there is a knock your socks off stand on industrial wind...just don't take a stand!!! That is nice and safe! Don't want to offend anyone trying to destroy the precious tourism and natural assets of our region now do we!
So only the TILT group, and only in their WDT comments comes close to actually publicly opposing industrial wind energy in the region. All three rather are basically focusing on the idea of home rule and communities should decide locally the wind issue. Ok, I agree with that. But that is what Hirschey actually sent to the PSC...not that the three groups are opposed to industrial wind as Wiley at JLL is spinning it. And the Tourism Council isn't even taking a stand!
So let's look at the end result here if these groups agree that Art X should respect home rule and local decisions on wind. Is that good? Well let's see. Although very restrictive, Cape Vincent's wind zoning regulations actually allow some industrial turbines, and I believe so does Clayton's and Lyme's laws.
Other than Henderson, there is no zoning law locally that actually prohibits wind. So in essence there is NO official legislative outright aggressive public industrial wind opposition. So far THAT is what local decision making has produced and these three groups are apparently endorsing.
Well what about home rule and Art X and local communities making their own wind decisions? How is that coming along?
Well...so far no local community has expressed public legislative resolutions opposing Art X. like Jefferson County did. Instead they are all going along appeasing and participating in the process. And spin it any way you want that IS NOT HOME RULE!!!
So what you end up with is NO public official opposition to industrial wind in our communities and region...and NO official public opposition to Art X. It's all political correctness and enabling of a system that will ultimately destroy our communities and the treasured natural assets of our region.
Well geee that is real comforting!!!
Frankly it it all nonsence, just like Wiley's claim on his post!!!
If you want to see what really should be done by local communities and environmental groups to protect our communities and region, read below my last post a plan to battle industrial wind and Art X in our region.
I get real tried of all this BS political correct talk and evading the issues and no real concrete action that matches the level of attack presented by the State and it's wind developer clients to take over and destroy or region.
So far we have played along exactly as the State and Cuomo has scripted it for us.
Cape Vincent Town Supervisor Urban Hirschey apparently sent a copy of this article to the PSC as a comment. OK good so far.
However, Hirschey's rabid supporters like Wiley at the JLL blog and Pandora's Box of Rocks blog are giving the distorted impression that the three non-profits mentioned above have weighed in against industrial wind energy in our region. Particularly Wiley at JLL. Below is the JLL headline. Underlining is mine.
"Cape Vincent Supervisor Urban Hirschey sends the NYS PSC a Watertown Daily Times article showing industrial wind opposition by three major Stewards of the Thousand Islands Region"
That is pure nonsense!!!
You can read the rest at: http://www.jeffersonleaningleft.blogspot.com/
Let me say right up front I really wish that were actually the case, but it is not true unfortunately, and the best two of these groups can offer is a cop out stance on industrial wind, and this has already cost us dearly in our efforts to protect this region over the last 7 years. Wiley is putting an unreasonable spin on what these groups have said and what Hirschey actually sent to the NYPSC.
The three groups are basically saying in the WDT article and comments to the PSC that the local communities should retain home rule rights to decide through zoning and comprehensive planning what industrial wind development they will allow. In fact I only see one letter to the PSC by TILT, and not the other two groups.
So let's look at the FACTS. First re-read the WDT article at:
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130125/NEWS03/701259837
The only group that makes a direct statement in the article about opposition to industrial wind in the region is TILT and they back off that in their official letter to the PSC. Their quote below from the WDT article.
"Thousand Islands Land Trust’s executive director, Jake R. Tibbles, said that while the land trust “supports the concept of renewable energy and strongly advocates energy efficiency and conservation activities,” it does not support the siting of large commercial wind turbines."
And I say thank you for being the only one who has the metal to stand up and say outright what the proper and obvious solution to the industrial wind issue really is and that is NO turbines in our region. That is what I have been saying for 7 years since wind arrived. It is what everyone else with any official standing like towns or groups is deathly afraid to say. Thank you to TILT for taking a lead on the issue that is actually a relevant and an appropriate stance to the invasive impacts that will destroy our beautiful region.
However, in TILT's official letter to the NYPSC they don't say they oppose turbines outright. They only say it in the WDT article. You can see the TILT letter by their director Jake Tibbles at this link;
http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?MatterSeq=40867
In this letter he does not say TILT is opposed to industrial wind, only that the Art X board should let the towns make the decision locally concerning wind siting.
Well how about Save the River, are they saying they are opposed to industrial wind in the region as Wiley claims? No. Lee Willbanks their director says that there should be a three year moratorium and study to determine the cumulative impacts of wind development. Nowhere does STR publicly say they are opposed to industrial wind in our region. OK, so we do a moratorium and study...what then...put up the turbines? It's a cop out!!! Or after three years do they finally come out with full public opposition to industrial wind?
And here is an irony. CV councilman Clif Schneider is or was on the board of STR, and as I understand it helped draft STR's three year moratorium and study position. Yet at no time has Clif or the town of CV actually asked for or tried to pass a three year moratorium just as he has recommended. The best we got was a 7 month moratorium so they could rush ahead and go along with Art X and appear "reasonable", and that ended in a law that would actually allow some industrial wind turbines. Go figure!!! Seems to me that would be directly contrary to what the three groups are suggesting in the WDT article
And what about the Tourism Council? Are they publicly against industrial wind in the region as Wiley claims? Nope, not them either. The best they can offer is this quote below from the WDT article. Underlining is mine.
Gary S. DeYoung, executive director of the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council, echoed Mr. Tibbles’s support for home rule.
While the tourism council has no formal stance on commercial wind development, Mr. DeYoung said he, too, believes local officials should be the ones determining what’s best for the community.
WOW...there is a knock your socks off stand on industrial wind...just don't take a stand!!! That is nice and safe! Don't want to offend anyone trying to destroy the precious tourism and natural assets of our region now do we!
So only the TILT group, and only in their WDT comments comes close to actually publicly opposing industrial wind energy in the region. All three rather are basically focusing on the idea of home rule and communities should decide locally the wind issue. Ok, I agree with that. But that is what Hirschey actually sent to the PSC...not that the three groups are opposed to industrial wind as Wiley at JLL is spinning it. And the Tourism Council isn't even taking a stand!
So let's look at the end result here if these groups agree that Art X should respect home rule and local decisions on wind. Is that good? Well let's see. Although very restrictive, Cape Vincent's wind zoning regulations actually allow some industrial turbines, and I believe so does Clayton's and Lyme's laws.
Other than Henderson, there is no zoning law locally that actually prohibits wind. So in essence there is NO official legislative outright aggressive public industrial wind opposition. So far THAT is what local decision making has produced and these three groups are apparently endorsing.
Well what about home rule and Art X and local communities making their own wind decisions? How is that coming along?
Well...so far no local community has expressed public legislative resolutions opposing Art X. like Jefferson County did. Instead they are all going along appeasing and participating in the process. And spin it any way you want that IS NOT HOME RULE!!!
So what you end up with is NO public official opposition to industrial wind in our communities and region...and NO official public opposition to Art X. It's all political correctness and enabling of a system that will ultimately destroy our communities and the treasured natural assets of our region.
Well geee that is real comforting!!!
Frankly it it all nonsence, just like Wiley's claim on his post!!!
If you want to see what really should be done by local communities and environmental groups to protect our communities and region, read below my last post a plan to battle industrial wind and Art X in our region.
I get real tried of all this BS political correct talk and evading the issues and no real concrete action that matches the level of attack presented by the State and it's wind developer clients to take over and destroy or region.
So far we have played along exactly as the State and Cuomo has scripted it for us.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Local Non Profits Back Home Rule
I see in a WDT article that Save the River, Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) and the Thousand Islands International Tourism Council all came out in favor of home rule and communities deciding their own futures when it come to industrial wind siting and other land use matters. See the link below
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130125/NEWS03/701259837
GOOD!!! I applaud these non-profits for their stance on Art X and home rule and it is about time they took a tougher stance on wind energy development in the 1000 Islands region…you know like NO!!!. I particularly applaud TILT for at least having the metal the other two don’t and saying NO to industrial wind in our region. Time for the other two non-profits to get with it and stop dancing around the painfully obvious with their measured political correctness. And of course even with TITLT there is the inevitable guilt disclaimer that they are not against renewables…but! Still have to be politically correct and palatable.
And the Tourism Council says they have no stance. Really? Probably the most important negative impact on the region’s tourism in a decades and they have NO stance? Seriously???
I also noticed that Mr. Willbanks of Save the River said this in the article:
“D. Lee Willbanks, executive director of Save the River, said the problem with the state’s Article X siting process is that it doesn’t require developers to conduct these long-term, regional impact studies.”
Whoa hold on just a minute! Mr Willbanks is rather misguided on that account.
NO, Mr. Willbanks, long term studies are NOT the problem. You have badly missed the point. The real problem with Art X is it removed your rights. Rights to determine your communities land use and the regional environmental future, and to even impose studies, and in the long term apply and enforce them as you see fit. THAT IS THE PROBLEM!!!
Why in the hell don’t some of these people get it???? Let’s just jump on the more studies and regulation is good band wagon. Jesus…face up to the painfully obvious for God’ sake!!! These invasive wide spread sprawling industrial energy complexes do not belong in our region, and we need to take radical steps to make sure our rights are preserved to defend this region without interference from big money lobbied political legislative profit schemes like Cuomo’s Art X. This is NOT rocket science people and more studies and regulation schemes are not going to solve the issue!!!
We also need to make sure we attack the real root cause of our regional wind energy siting issue and that is that the courts and the govt think corporations have constitutional rights like people that they can wield against us to supplant our local rights and destroy our communities.
On this issue look up the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund or
www. CELDF.org
If we are serious about protecting our communities and regional environmental assets then forget these absurd regulatory scams like Art X, and more studies… and here is what needs to happen
1. Each town needs to outright prohibit such invasive industrial uses such as wind development in their zoning and comp plans.
2. The towns individually and jointly along with the support of local no-profits need to pass a regional legislative resolution in opposition to Art X just like Jefferson County Legislators did. Why aren’t our towns and local environmental groups supporting the County? Why won’t they even take this basic step?
3. The towns supported by the non profits need to pass a legislative resolution that Art X has no standing in our communities and region, and they will not participate in the process and will deny Art X into our communities.
4. Each town needs to pass a community bill of rights using free CELDF legal services to enforce their own laws as they see fit and deny corporate constitutional rights since there is no provision what so ever in the US Constitution giving corporations constitutional rights. Deny access to corporations we don’t want in our communities.
5. Pass a regional environmental comprehensive environmental and land management plan as we see fit to preserve our unique and treasured natural assets and include it in a regional bill of rights to defend and enforce it.
That is what I see needs to be done and it is much more powerful if we do it as a regional strategy. That attacks the real problem we are facing with Art X and makes it a rights battle that is very politically uncomfortable for politicians to deal with, and demonstrate we have resolve to defend our rights to defend our communities and region, and if they are going to force something else on us their will be a price to pay in a highly visible political battle. If they insist on removing our community and regional rights, then make them come and do it in a nasty uncomfortable public manner.
The hell with appeasing and bending over to this State/corporate lobby sponsored regulatory crap. They will win that battle every time. That is exactly why Art X was put in place because wind opposition across the State was starting to get savy and educating communities, and it was standing in the way of the State/corporate green profit, and political agenda.
Stand up and do what it really takes to defend our communities and regional natural resources and stop talking about it …DO IT!!! Before it is too late!
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130125/NEWS03/701259837
GOOD!!! I applaud these non-profits for their stance on Art X and home rule and it is about time they took a tougher stance on wind energy development in the 1000 Islands region…you know like NO!!!. I particularly applaud TILT for at least having the metal the other two don’t and saying NO to industrial wind in our region. Time for the other two non-profits to get with it and stop dancing around the painfully obvious with their measured political correctness. And of course even with TITLT there is the inevitable guilt disclaimer that they are not against renewables…but! Still have to be politically correct and palatable.
And the Tourism Council says they have no stance. Really? Probably the most important negative impact on the region’s tourism in a decades and they have NO stance? Seriously???
I also noticed that Mr. Willbanks of Save the River said this in the article:
“D. Lee Willbanks, executive director of Save the River, said the problem with the state’s Article X siting process is that it doesn’t require developers to conduct these long-term, regional impact studies.”
Whoa hold on just a minute! Mr Willbanks is rather misguided on that account.
NO, Mr. Willbanks, long term studies are NOT the problem. You have badly missed the point. The real problem with Art X is it removed your rights. Rights to determine your communities land use and the regional environmental future, and to even impose studies, and in the long term apply and enforce them as you see fit. THAT IS THE PROBLEM!!!
Why in the hell don’t some of these people get it???? Let’s just jump on the more studies and regulation is good band wagon. Jesus…face up to the painfully obvious for God’ sake!!! These invasive wide spread sprawling industrial energy complexes do not belong in our region, and we need to take radical steps to make sure our rights are preserved to defend this region without interference from big money lobbied political legislative profit schemes like Cuomo’s Art X. This is NOT rocket science people and more studies and regulation schemes are not going to solve the issue!!!
We also need to make sure we attack the real root cause of our regional wind energy siting issue and that is that the courts and the govt think corporations have constitutional rights like people that they can wield against us to supplant our local rights and destroy our communities.
On this issue look up the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund or
www. CELDF.org
If we are serious about protecting our communities and regional environmental assets then forget these absurd regulatory scams like Art X, and more studies… and here is what needs to happen
1. Each town needs to outright prohibit such invasive industrial uses such as wind development in their zoning and comp plans.
2. The towns individually and jointly along with the support of local no-profits need to pass a regional legislative resolution in opposition to Art X just like Jefferson County Legislators did. Why aren’t our towns and local environmental groups supporting the County? Why won’t they even take this basic step?
3. The towns supported by the non profits need to pass a legislative resolution that Art X has no standing in our communities and region, and they will not participate in the process and will deny Art X into our communities.
4. Each town needs to pass a community bill of rights using free CELDF legal services to enforce their own laws as they see fit and deny corporate constitutional rights since there is no provision what so ever in the US Constitution giving corporations constitutional rights. Deny access to corporations we don’t want in our communities.
5. Pass a regional environmental comprehensive environmental and land management plan as we see fit to preserve our unique and treasured natural assets and include it in a regional bill of rights to defend and enforce it.
That is what I see needs to be done and it is much more powerful if we do it as a regional strategy. That attacks the real problem we are facing with Art X and makes it a rights battle that is very politically uncomfortable for politicians to deal with, and demonstrate we have resolve to defend our rights to defend our communities and region, and if they are going to force something else on us their will be a price to pay in a highly visible political battle. If they insist on removing our community and regional rights, then make them come and do it in a nasty uncomfortable public manner.
The hell with appeasing and bending over to this State/corporate lobby sponsored regulatory crap. They will win that battle every time. That is exactly why Art X was put in place because wind opposition across the State was starting to get savy and educating communities, and it was standing in the way of the State/corporate green profit, and political agenda.
Stand up and do what it really takes to defend our communities and regional natural resources and stop talking about it …DO IT!!! Before it is too late!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
How Do You Stop A Tsunami? - Count the Grains of Sand on the Beach????
If you look on the Cape Vincent blog Pandora's Box of Rocks you will see a long laundry list of industrial wind impacts the town is concerned about that they provided for BP and the Art X process about BP's wind project.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/121716255/BP-Additional-Impacts-for-Cape-Vincent-Wind-Complex
This document is long and detailed. In the context of insisting on participating in the Art X process, with the large assumption it will be fair on these issues and can be significantly impacted by these details and it is not a political scam, then this is an impressive piece of work.
But here is my point.
Why in the hell do we want any wide spread invasive industrial project with this impressive list of invasive impacts in our community or region AT ALL. Seems to me when you read this document the intelligent conclusion would be to prohibit such a land use with so many wide spread and far reaching impacts that would require this level of absurd paper chase and mitigation.
The absurd implication here is that if we just study this to death with more science and more research and require more detailed studies that we can some how overcome or mitigate these issues to a point of some type of acceptance.
BALONEY!!!!
That is what permit approvals are based on. Get it...approvals!!! Oh yeah we studied this to death and did more studies, and more research and made the developer paper chase this thing from here to the moon, so I guess it is ok to permit it now because everyone feels so good that we ran it through the paper wringer.
What a joke!!!
And I am really amused where this document says BP "shall" do this, or "shall" do that as if the town still has some kind of control over all this. Sorry...there is no SHALL. You gave that away for the State to decide.
Then there is all this nonsense about alternatives that BP should bring us as if one will be acceptable. Well I don't want any alternatives from this company with their reputation and corrupt business practices, even if it is a damn lemonade stand run on solar power. Why in the hell with what we know about BP are we even suggesting anything that would keep them in our community as if that is legitimate?
And lastly...this document nit picks in agonizing detail each item as if these impacts are all that matter and will save us in the Art X process. This completely ignores the reality that Art X is not really about all this stuff at all. It is about POLITICAL and CORPORATE POWER, GREED AND AGENDAS.
So where is the part of this document that deals with that impact and reality?
This town govt is making a case based primarily on items that will have very little relevance to the final outcome based on the real purpose of the Art X scam. If your going to play in the game with the big boys it might be wise to actually know how the game is played...don't ya think!!!
We are facing a tsunami, and the town govt thinks the way to stop it is by running down to the shore with a maginifyimng glass and counting the grains of sand on the beach!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/121716255/BP-Additional-Impacts-for-Cape-Vincent-Wind-Complex
This document is long and detailed. In the context of insisting on participating in the Art X process, with the large assumption it will be fair on these issues and can be significantly impacted by these details and it is not a political scam, then this is an impressive piece of work.
But here is my point.
Why in the hell do we want any wide spread invasive industrial project with this impressive list of invasive impacts in our community or region AT ALL. Seems to me when you read this document the intelligent conclusion would be to prohibit such a land use with so many wide spread and far reaching impacts that would require this level of absurd paper chase and mitigation.
The absurd implication here is that if we just study this to death with more science and more research and require more detailed studies that we can some how overcome or mitigate these issues to a point of some type of acceptance.
BALONEY!!!!
That is what permit approvals are based on. Get it...approvals!!! Oh yeah we studied this to death and did more studies, and more research and made the developer paper chase this thing from here to the moon, so I guess it is ok to permit it now because everyone feels so good that we ran it through the paper wringer.
What a joke!!!
And I am really amused where this document says BP "shall" do this, or "shall" do that as if the town still has some kind of control over all this. Sorry...there is no SHALL. You gave that away for the State to decide.
Then there is all this nonsense about alternatives that BP should bring us as if one will be acceptable. Well I don't want any alternatives from this company with their reputation and corrupt business practices, even if it is a damn lemonade stand run on solar power. Why in the hell with what we know about BP are we even suggesting anything that would keep them in our community as if that is legitimate?
And lastly...this document nit picks in agonizing detail each item as if these impacts are all that matter and will save us in the Art X process. This completely ignores the reality that Art X is not really about all this stuff at all. It is about POLITICAL and CORPORATE POWER, GREED AND AGENDAS.
So where is the part of this document that deals with that impact and reality?
This town govt is making a case based primarily on items that will have very little relevance to the final outcome based on the real purpose of the Art X scam. If your going to play in the game with the big boys it might be wise to actually know how the game is played...don't ya think!!!
We are facing a tsunami, and the town govt thinks the way to stop it is by running down to the shore with a maginifyimng glass and counting the grains of sand on the beach!
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