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Some people at breakfast were betting on how long the sign would remain. It didn't take long to start packing after it was announced that Acciona Energia has given up on its half of the massive Cape Vincent industrial wind project that even one town board member and a former planning board chair have said publicly, and on more that one occasion, "This may have split the community forever".

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Lucky snowbirds who read JLL are chirping this AM. This Friday morning, during the first normal waking hour, Jefferson Leaning Left has already received over 900 visits from around the world. When a big foreign international company buys the failed business of another big foreign international business, it is big news. Especially during an election year when it is your tax payer money

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Yesterday the town of Cape Vincent held a huge yard sale and a guy from Texas scored a great deal.  He bought a big box of junk for a little bit of nothing. He picked though the big box of junk, throwing most of it away, and, holy crap! He found the deed to a power line going right through the town of Lyme, NY. As with all yard sales, both the seller and the buyer were very pleased. The

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Apparently one the concerns that Perter Gross of British Petroleum  expressed during his recent trip from Texas to Cape Vincent is the bad information that has been put out by the blogs. He indicated that he was going to rectify the bad stuff by educating the community to his way of thinking. Last night JLL was sent this link to Brent Coon and Associates, a law firm that is considered the

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Peter Gross of British Petroleum says that since they are going to use huge turbines they will be able to accomplish the same thing with their project by putting up 80 turbines instead of the Acciona-Bp combined projects of 140 turbines. Urban Hirschey read the letter confirming Acciona's departure and British Petroleum's take over at the end of today's Town Board Work session. A lot of

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Peter Gross of British Petroleum has told the Cape Vincent Acciona Energia industrial wind leaseholders that his company wants to buy them out. He has met with them and told them of his plans to turn the entire town of Cape Vincent, NY into what sounds like one of the biggest and baddest industrial wind complexes in the world.  It will be a 200 mega watt deal with a mix of some of the

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According to Chairman Clif Schneider, The Town of Cape Vincent Comprehensive Review Committee had its first meeting yesterday and decided to put the effort on a quicker track in order to better link with the effort of the Zoning Law Committee. The meetings will be held at the Board Room at Rec Park on Thursdays at 6:00 PM except on those dates where the Town Board meets.  For those

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Holy Crap! Years ago, I predicted that industrial wind would become the new "Silverado" or the new "Enron". It is happening and, just as I thought, politicians are rowing away from industrial wind as fast as they can. MasterResource, the free-market energy blog uses the words "Texas Windpower", "EU Energy" and "Enron Legacy" all in the same headline. The author, Joshua Neeley explains why

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The Zogy report was published and discussed in open town meetings. The Zogby was not a waste of money. It is being used to set direction for town development. The poll results indicated that: 97% agreed that the waterfront is an important economic draw for Cape Vincent. 99% agreed that tourism is an important to Cape Vincent. Several years ago while traveling through Peru I was

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Last night's Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board meeting was a breath of fresh air. It was the very first town meeting in many years that was not wrought with tension,  neither at the front table amongst the officials serving our community nor amongst the citizens who were attending. While I was observing and enjoying the fresh air and glancing out the window at an incredible Cape Vincent

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Four the first time in mega-years the four letter word that has split our community was not even mentioned at tonight's Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board meeting. And, there were no privilege of the floor comments. Chairman Richard Macsherry submitted changes in the PB's bye-laws for the review of each member and asked them to examine them, make notes and get back to him by e-mail or at

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POLITICO MORNING ENERGY The one stop source of energy and environment news. 2/7/12 Hope fades for expired renewable subsidy MARK THE TIME, TURN OFF THE DEFIBRILLATOR — It has been more than a month since a popular subsidy for renewable energy expired, and the odds of revival are growing increasingly slim. Lawmakers and advocates have largely moved on to the next incentive in danger, and the

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Wind turbine fires are a common occurrence. In fact, relative to the number of other industrial fires, they are near the top in frequency. The latest wind turbine roman candle was seen in Pennsylvania: At 07:01 Blair County 911 alerted the Blue Knob VFD for a Wind Mill fire at the Allegheny Wind Farm in Juniata Township. Engine/Tanker 86-21, Tanker 86-22, Brush 86-71, Squad 86-41, and

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A JLL reader asked me to post the following: From what I have been hearing It appears that local siting by Acciona and Bp is dead.  The British Petroleum wind tycoon, Richard Edsall, has been making the ludicrous statement that Article X will give us 300 turbines now instead of 150. The guy has been driven crazy by the wind. That statement is more of an irrational threat rather than

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Over a hundred people attended tonight's (Feb. 7) Town of Cape Vincent special board meeting held for the purpose of a public hearing on a proposed moratorium on all wind turbine development. The purpose being to give the town time to address the Town's Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. The meeting was held under the observation and advisement of town Lawyers Mark Gebo and Paul

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Cypress, Texas DEMINT, LEE BILL WOULD END CORPORATE WELFARE FOR ENERGY COMPANIES IN TAX CODE Published 02/06/2012 - 1:28 p.m. CST Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act repeals all energy tax subsidies Preparing to kiss federalwind welfare goodbye. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thursday, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Energy Freedom & Economic

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The wind moratorium that will be passed tonight at a special meeting of the Cape Vincent Town Board will not affect the Robert A. Shimp personal wind turbine that has been permitted. He has purchased parts and the construction has already begun. This is the text of Cape Vincent's proposed wind moratorium: Moratorium - Wind Power Generating Facilities - Local Law #1 of 2012 Article 1. -

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At tonight's Cape Vincent Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, former Town Planning Board Chairman, Richard Edsall asked for an interpretation on a property on Bedford Corners Road. Last year, a confrontation between Hester Chase and former Cape Planning Board Chairman, Richard Edsall, resulted in the restoration of citizens' privilege of the floor at Cape Planning Board Meetings. Mr. Edsall

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The first order of business of tonight's town of Cape Vincent Zoning Board of Appeals meeting was the selection of a new chairman. Dennis Faulknham was nominated and approved as the new ZBA chair. New ZBA members are Hester Chase and Ed Hludzenski. Other than privilege of the floor comments the only other business was the tabling of all wind turbine permit business until after the Town

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The former law firm which was representing the Cape Vincent Town Planning Board Chaired by wind lease conflicted Richard Edsall, and was being paid by Acciona and Bp wind, rendered a wind developer friendly legal opinion about the Cape Vincent board members' conflicts of interests. You can read this explosive story at this link to Pandora's Box of Rocks.

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There has been a concerted effort by Cape Vincent pro-wind to call for enforcement of zoning regulations regarding junk on a Cape Vincent farmer's property.  My belief is that the pro-wind's sudden concern, picture taking,  and complaints about the junk on the family's property is purely political and actually has little to do with the junk. The lady who is being targeted by pro-wind was

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Town of Cape Vincent Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting Monday, February 6, 6:00 PM Town Building (Watch for change of venue to the Recreation Park in the event of not enough room at the Town Building.) **** Town of Cape Vincent Special Board Meeting Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 PM Cape Recreation Park (Called for a public hearing on a Town Resolution for the enactment  of a moratorium

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The following opinion by Lorrie Goldstein was published in the Toronto Sun. Ottawa is drafting guidelines for wind turbine setbacks from homes, apparently using Ontario’s minimum 550-metre separation as a model. Based on Ontario’s disastrous experiment with wind energy, this is a bad idea. That’s because the province’s plunge into renewable energy, aside from being a financial disaster

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Remember the movie, "Windfall" produced by Laura Israel? It came to the Clayton Opera House on two different occasions. The documentary unfolds an uncanny resemblance to what has gone on with industrial wind development in my home town of Cape Vincent, NY. Almost identical to the end where the people unite and change their local government and resist turning their town into an industrial

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Once upon a time, way back in the 1970's the Victor Company of Japan developed a video home recording system that became known as VHS. At the time, it was a real big deal. I know. I waited for several years before I paid $250.00 for one. In today's dollars, that would have been over a thousand. Then, the next thing I knew, VHS was gone. Antiquated and outdated. Wise investors pulled their

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The Cape Vincent edition of Donuts with Doheny was a resounding success. During the several hours of Matt's political stump speech and during the open discussion many people came in and out the door of the rec hall. I was pleased that there were many young people with parents in the crowd. My overall impression was that Matt was very comfortable with direct dialog with the people as he warned

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This herd of swans, or bevy if you prefer, along with others have been enjoying the "tropical" winter on the shores of St. Lawrence River. I am going to stick my neck out here and say they are Whistling Swans. If I am wrong, I am sure a real birder will help me out with a correction.  Looming behind the swans are a few of the 86 industrial wind turbines which make up the bat and bird

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Sick of industrial wind corporate welfare mooches? Write to Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.  It’s easy.  Just go to this link and fill out the email form and submit it.  Say that you do not want wasteful energy tax credits extended. You might also want to mention the social, political and lifestyle horrors that big foreign industrial wind imposes upon targeted communities.

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According to a recent News 7 report, there are! The 7 News report interviewed men from Cape Vincent who were concerned about a pending wind turbine development moratorium. One of the men told News 7: "They (Supervisor Urban Hirschey and others.)  turn to be the real communists of Cape Vincent. Cape Vincent has its own set of rules. It's not America here. Holy crap! I know how the man

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Hot lunches are being offered at Cape Vincent's St. Vincent of Paul Church, Kanady St.,   on the 2nd. and 4th. Wednesdays of the month during February and March at Noon. The Cost of the lunch is $5.00. This is a great opportunity to rid yourself of cabin fever and share a wonderful lunch with others and perhaps enjoy a card game or just some socialization. We ask that you make a

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Sen. DeMint Takes aim at subsidies Tea Party-backed Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are floating legislation aimed at scrubbing the tax code of incentives for renewable energy and oil and gas. Their bill mirrors Rep. Mike Pompeo’s (R-Kan.) plan that ends credits for biofuels, renewable power production, carbon sequestration, plug-in electric vehicles and a suite of

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Cape Vincent Wind Turbine Moratorium Public Hearing Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 PM Town Recreation Hall

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At today's Town of Cape Vincent Zoning Ordinance Committee meeting, Chairman Bob Brown updated people, who had  missed the last meeting, regarding the work session they had with the group's Attorney, Paul Curtin. Attorney Curtin spent about three and a half hours with them during a Tuesday work session. After the past Tuesday meeting, Brown called Attorney Curtin to follow up on some items

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IS OWENS RUNNING AWAY FROM OBAMACARE? Congressman votes to repeal program that he twice used to justify support of health care takeover WATERTOWN – When our current congressman, Bill Owens, needed to justify his vote for ObamaCare, he cited cost savings predicted by the Congressional Budget Office that have now been proven to be illusory. “The math in this bill is sound,” Owens said in

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When I first started writing about industrial wind being a high risk venture that would destroy my beautiful St. Lawrence River town of Cape Vincent, NY, it was not always easy to find a news source that would report industrial wind's economic shortcomings. Oh, the evidence that wind was far from wonderful was there. Defining wind as a failed profit making technology that was only made

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Robert A. Shimp, who was told in a letter that he could not erect a wind turbine on his Cape Vincent Tibbetts Point Road property has refused to meet with Town of Cape Vincent Supervisor Urban Hirschey. He told Hirschey, "Talk to my lawyer". Shimp, who was quoted in a local paper as saying, "We don't have much", has invested $25,000 in turbine parts and went on to say that it will cost him

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Go to school and learn how to combat industrial wind NIMBYism. INTERACTIVE WEB CONFERENCE Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Click here to sign up! (I am a NIMBY so I neutered the link.) NIMBY is an acronym well-known in all development industries for “Not In My Back Yard.” As the wind energy industry matures, so does anti-wind energy sentiment.

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The Jefferson County planning board has reviewed and sent back the Town of Cape Vincent resolution for a wind moratorium. It is now ready for the February 7th. public hearing. One concern they had was if the moratorium was long enough. However, Supervisor Hirschey says the zoning work is on schedule and should be finished by August. Furthermore, if the zoning work falls behind schedule, the

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The issuing of permits for personal wind turbines by former zoning officer Alan Wood is continuing to cause a lot of problems for the Town of Cape Vincent. Several years ago, Mr. Wood issued a permit for a personal turbine.  The granting of that permit turned into a legal nightmare for the town and a safety and nuisance nightmare for a neighbor.  That turbine still is not being used and caused

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Sinovel Wind Earnings to Drop 50% as Hightened Rivalry Cuts Turbine Prices By Sally Bakewell - Jan 30, 2012 5:00 PM ET Sinovel Wind Group Co. (601558), China’s biggest wind-turbine maker, expects its 2011 earnings to fall by more than 50 percent as heightened competition at home and abroad dragged down prices. Rivalry within the market depressed prices, trimming revenue and profit

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For $290.00 extra per year, you can enjoy electricity that comes for the wind. But, if you do volunteer a little extra of your hard earned money to help the feds, state and locals subsidize the industrial wind industry, their community organizers and voters for wind, beware. Because, in March, in Massachusetts, at least, those rates will increase by $8.00 per month for customers buying all

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The group attempting to advance a citizen initiative that would increase energy efficiency and a requirement that electricity providers derive a certain amount of power from renewable sources announced Monday that it's waiting until 2013 to bring the issue to voters. The announcement by Maine Citizens for Clean Energy came several hours after the group canceled a news conference that was

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The following editorial was published the the Wall Street Journal: REVIEW & OUTLOOK JANUARY 29, 2012 The Solyndra Rule Another green subsidy favorite goes belly up. President Obama keeps pushing the (Warren) Buffett rule that nobody making more than $1 million a year should pay less than 30% in taxes. He'd do better by the economy if he adopted a Solyndra Rule, in which no company

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Early this year, the CVLDC will achieve non-profit status and intends to raise $43,000 from fundraisers and donations. The money will be used to support the following community development activities which will be undertaken this year: -Club Street waterfront vitalization and development of the Wolfe Island ferry dock area. -Creation of jobs by supporting growth of the Mason and

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Any considerations in the new Cape Vincent zoning ordinance should require what is now becoming a 2 Kilometer (1.2 mile) setback from any human-occupied buildings.  Wind developers, their community organizers, and voter for wind stakeholders will tell you that wind turbine accidents are rare. But just reading the news and information gathered by the Caithness Windfarm Information Forum will

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Wind turbine catches fire; Altona firefighters respond Firefighters said a wind turbine caught fire in Altona, N.Y. saturday night. Clinton County fire officials said people driving by the windfarm called in to report the fire. Altona firefighters responded to the scene. January 28, 2012 in WPTZ TV In 2009, this Altona, NY industrial wind turbinefell down. ALTONA, N.Y. -- Firefighters

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"Such mass bird kills represent a dilemma for the Obama administration. Can it promote renewable energy development and still enforce laws that protect wildlife?" Obama admin sweats legal response as turbines kill birds Lawrence Hurley, E & E reporter Greenwire: Thursday, January 26, 2012 Turn the final bend on Route 42 as it snakes up Mount Storm and a towering turbine appears, its

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The horrors of what the industrial wind magnet industry has done to Chinese people has been common knowledge to the whole world except local windies who breastfeed from industrial wind developers like Acciona Energia and British Petroleum. But, the story comes to the surface once again in this MailOnline report: In China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment:

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Spain halts renewable subsidies to curb $31 billion of debts Spain halted subsidies for renewable energy projects to help curb its budget deficit and rein in power-system borrowings backed by the state that reached 24 billion euros ($31 billion) at the end of 2011. January 27, 2012 by Ben Sills in Bloomberg News Spain halted subsidies for renewable energy projects to help curb its budget

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I just read a report that said a bald eagle with a bullet hole was found on the ice on the Oswegatchie River. The New York State DEC is pissed and wants you to rat out the perpetrator. They have even called in CSI to do ballistics to determine the weapon. And, the killer, if caught, might have to pay $5,000 bucks and go to jail for 90 days. Holy crap! Is this is the same New York

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Iberdrola is all dressed to the nines, with sixesand sevens for you.... The following paragraph is from a Dow Jones report that I read at the Concerned Residents of Hammond website. Iberdrola is pleading to the feds for an extension of the massive corporate welfare money that will be used by them to crap up the Town of Hammond, NY and one of the most beautiful sections of the St. Lawrence

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WARNING: Wind Turbines Cause Deteriorating Health Wind Turbine proximity  can rapidly lead to the development of Wind Turbine Syndrome, which in turn will lead to loss of sleep followed by numerous health problems. Research suggests wind Turbine Syndrome can not be cured or prevented by the signing of a Wind Developer Good Neighbor Agreement. The Town of Cape Vincent  should

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Lawsuits here, Lawsuits there, Wind lawsuits are everywhere. McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Abigail Curtis Bangor Daily News, Maine Does a new land use ordinance that has halted three landowners' efforts to have a wind energy company construct several turbines atop Mount Waldo break state and federal laws? A civil lawsuit filed in Waldo County Superior Court this month against the

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I am sorry I am out of town. If I were in town today I would stop by the Community House and give Mr. Bills staffers a piece of my mind about Mr. Bill's pending vote on H.R. 3307. Mr. Bill's favored bill would extend the massive taxpayer corporate welfare to the foreign wind developers who came to Cape Vincent in secret, signed up leaseholders willing to do their dirty work against the rest

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That question was suggested by a comment to one of my recent posts. After all, Acciona Energia and British Petroluem have so little regard for our community that they have proposed industrial wind projects which will have some of the shortest turbine set back distances in the world. And they are doing it by getting unsuspecting natives to sign agreements that sacrifice their home values and

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Bill Owens has two versions of his reply to those of us who contacted him about H.R. 3307. The first version is definitive and intended as a reply to a person who supports his efforts. The second version was sent to me. His explanation to those who don't support wind welfare was a polite way to tell us to go shit in our hats. However, he did babble some bullshit about home rule. Version #1:

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At the last Town of Cape Vincent Board meeting Supervisor Urban Hirschey and the Town Board passed a resolution to, in partnership with the Village of Cape Vincent, contribute five hundred dollars toward an advertising campaign that would encourage tourists to visit Cape Vincent, Wolfe Island, and the City of Kingston. According to Hirschey: This has been an ongoing committee. Its purpose

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Since it is an election year, it is no wonder that President Obama's State of the Union was more of a "State of My Campaign".  During his presentation, Mr. Obama called for a comprehensive energy strategy that's "cleaner, cheaper and full of new jobs,".  He pointed out that we have a supply of natural gas that could last the nation nearly 100 years and could create 600,000 jobs by the end

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This reminder from the folks in WPEG: CapeVincent citizens need to keep vigilant and involved, they need to keep giving our Town Board the support to do what they were elected for. Everyone needs to come to the Special Meeting of the Town Board   Feb. 7 at 7 PM at r Recreation Park so our side has plenty of representation and the green shirts don't stack the deck.  The main item is a Public

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Four members of the Cape Vincent Town Board have listened to the majority of the citizens and favor a wind development moratorium On February 7, 7:00 PM at the Cape Vincent Recreation Park on James Street, the Town of Cape Vincent will hold a special meeting for the purpose of hearing comments on a proposed seven month moratorium on industrial wind development in the town.  The seven

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The Town of Cape Vincent, NY is not the only group who is asking for suspension of industrial wind. They are set to put in place a seven month moratorium after a public hearing on Feb. 7. My guess is that there may be citizens attending the hearing who will say that seven months is not enough since there are numerous reasons for enacting the moratorium.  One being that, asking for the

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This from the website, Wind Turbine Syndrome: —Calvin Luther Martin, PhD Infrasound continues to mystify many readers of this website.  That’s a pity, because infrasound is the chief cause of Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS).  If you don’t grasp the nature of infrasound, you’re going to have difficulty grasping WTS. What we find, in particular, is that many people don’t appreciate how far

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Only mitigation option is separation  Credit:  Neil Andersen, Blacksmith Shop Rd., Falmouth. What makes a person who has been in the alternative energy business for over thirty years, shut down his home building business (Energy Star certified), spend most of his time, as well as his savings, while racking up mileage traveling to different communities, feel compelled to “bad mouth” certain

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Maine State board deals potentially fatal blow to First Wind deal By Naomi Schalit and John Christie, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Last April, Maine’s largest wind energy developer, First Wind, trumpeted a multimillion-dollar deal that would pay for the company’s ambitious plans to erect more wind turbines throughout Maine and the Northeast. But the Maine Public Utilities

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It is estimated that a Rosiere strip club could create 22 jobs, bring nearly a million a year into the Town of Cape Vincent economy and would save the Cape Elementary. The nudie club comment was a quote in the Watertown Daily Times by Alan Wood, former Zoning Officer for the Town of Cape Vincent, NY. Mr. Wood was referring to what he called grey areas in the present Town of Cape Vincent

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Is natural gas, the energy source that is actually helping to reduce our dependance on foreign oil. But reduction of our dependency on foreign oil is not necessarily a good thing for the American Citizens who live on St. Croix in the  U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Croix is home to one of the largest oil refineries in the world. The refinery is owned by Hovensa a partnership of Hess

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From the NY State AG website: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES SENTENCING OF FORMER NORTH COUNTRY TOWN CLERK FOR STEALING PUBLIC MONEY Attorney General’s Public Integrity Investigation Ends With Sentencing Of Public Official Schneiderman: Public Officials Can't Get Away With Using Their Positions To Steal From Taxpayers WATERTOWN - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced

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“CONGRESSMAN, IT’S TIME” Doheny again urges Democratic opponent to drop support for troubled anti-piracy bill in light of defections WATERTOWN – Matt Doheny, a Republican candidate for Congress, today applauded House and Senate leaders for saying they will not move on the Stop Online Piracy Act or its companion, the Protect IP Act, in light of the overwhelmingly negative feedback they

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During 2011, every National Grid customer was offered an option to pay more now for "wind electricity" instead of waiting to have their rates go up at a later date. I made an inquiry. Of course, they were a little vague on how much higher my monthly electric bill would be if I wanted to donate to the industrial wind cause. But I was told that thousands of people were paying more every month so

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Tonight's Town of Cape Vincent Board meeting was unusually long, lasting until after 9 PM. During the privilege of the floor, Cape Vincent citizen Mike Bell told the board, "The past town board and planning board worked diligently to earn what they were being paid for and I must commend them on their loyalty to their benefactors. This past election has shown that the overwhelming majority

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 OWENS IGNORES CONSTITUENTS  TO STAY COZY WITH TRIAL LAWYERS, UNIONS & HOLLYWOOD Democrat can’t quit bill because he risks turning off SOPA spigot WATERTOWN – Bill Owens’ price for selling out his constituency: $419,508. That’s how much supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act have given to the Plattsburgh Democrat to keep his loyalty, according to MapLight. Our current

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All attempts at the Town of Cape Vincent, NY putting a "Wind Law" in place came to a screeching halt when a Voter for Wind committee member, Beth White, told the citizens that she worked  in a 60 decibel environment all day so what is the big deal with those noise conditions in our homes? On behalf of the Voters for Wind and their wind developer partners, Ms. White refused to budge on any

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 Ottawa Citizen  New guidelines will recommend minimum safe distances between homes and wind towers BY DAVE HUTTON AND JEFF DAVIS, POSTMEDIA NEWS JANUARY 18, 2012 Health Canada is drafting national guidelines for electricity-generating wind turbines that will establish a recommended minimum safe distance between the structures and homes. Across Canada, many are concerned about

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Voter for Wind, Beth White, is using the claim of economic benefits to our children as a human shield to protect her own financial interests in Cape Vincent industrial wind. Little White lies about the economic benefits of wind. In a letter published by the Watertown Daily Times, Ms. White also claims that, "wind farms are peacefully operating in many communities, just like ours,

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Wind and Solar Power, Part I: Uncooperative Reality By Benjamin Zycher Despite widespread political support and large direct and indirect subsidies from both the federal and state governments, renewable electricity—wind and solar power, in particular—produces only 3.6 percent of US power generation. This small market share suggests inherent limitations that can be overcome only at very

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By all accounts, it appears that the world standard of safety for proximity of industrial wind turbines to occupied buildings is going to be 2 Kilometers or 1.2 miles. And that is the present recommendation for set back from industrial wind by the World Health Organization. Even members of the liberal cause in Australia are asking for the same. Of, course, they want to be re-elected, but

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 CONGRESSMAN OWENS? ARE YOU READY TO  DROP SOPA YET? President, others flee bad bill, but Owens still a supporter WATERTOWN – Republican Matt Doheny is glad the Obama administration has followed his lead and opposed the current version of the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would censor the Internet and undermine security. The congressional candidate has been vocal in his opposition

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The Town of Cape Vincent Zoning Law Committee will be meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan 17 at the Town Recreation Center, 1:30 PM. Citizens are welcome to attend, listen in, and submit written comments and suggestions. It is a committee work session and there is no privilege of the floor. I will not be able to attend any of the work sessions until the month of February, so I will not be

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The South Australian opposition has backed more wind farm development but doesn't want them close to homes. Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond said a future Liberal government would ban new wind turbines being located within two kilometres of existing homes.  She said her government would also protect nearby landowners from economic losses caused by restrictions on aerial spraying and

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The problem at this point could not be clearer: the town's wind turbines have intruded on the lives of residents in that area. The community must now find a solution. More bickering, more accusations of unfairness, of conspiracy will do nothing, nothing whatsoever, to help get to that solution. We understand the distress of the residents in the neighborhood of the turbines. It is clear something

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Canadian Senator Bob Runcilman received full  support for the institution of a moratorium on industrial wind development along the Eastern end of Lake Ontario across from Cape Vincent, NY. Oh Canada? What the hell has Wolfe Island done to us? The concern is for bird and bat kills in a region from the eastern end of Wolfe Island in the St. Lawrence River to the Western end of Prince Edward

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If you want to find out what the rest of the United States is learning today about our NY 23rd. District Congressional challenger Matt Doheny, you can visit this Washington Post Report. Better than that, If you want to listen to and talk with Matt, you can share dougnuts, coffee, or water with him at the Cape Vincent, NY Recreation Center, James Street, at 9:00 AM., February 4. This

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Engineers investigate after wind turbine ripped apart   A wind farm in Mid Wales has been temporarily closed while engineers investigate damage to one of its wind turbines. Operators Scottish Power Renewables said the Llandinam Windfarm, between Llanidloes and Newtown, had been taken offline while engineers looked into how the turbine was damaged in December. The recent flurry of

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   On August 4, 2011, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law Chapter 388 of the Laws of 2011 that enacts Article 10 of the Public Service Law.  The primary purpose of Article 10 is to provide for the siting review of new and repowered or modified Major Electric Generating Facilities in New York State by the Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) in a unified

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During the summer of 2010, I was at a Jefferson County Industrial Development Meeting listening to a group of Jefferson County Businessmen hassle over whether, in a proposed unified tax exempt policy, local taxing jurisdictions should get to vote on PILOTs. During that discussion, a JCIDA consultant said, "Industrial wind is a high risk venture." A board member said, "If that is the case,

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One year ago, Acciona's Tim Conboy and Voters for Wind attended a Town of Cape Vincent meeting and asked for the resignation of Town Supervisor Urban Hirschey. They accused him of releasing information that proved to many  members of the public, at least, that the Town Planning Board was not taking a good look at the sound studies that were conducted by professional sound experts. The

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Today, at the first meeting of the Town of Cape Vincent Zoning Law Committee, Chairman Bob Brown presented each member with a copy of a working draft zoning law. Mr. Brown emphasized that it is a "working draft" and all reference to the "zoning law" means the draft. Brown emphasized that it is the job of this group to put the zoning law together. He and Butch Cullen have been working on the

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Wind turbine giant Vestas to cut over 2,300 jobs "A total of 2,335 employees are expected to be made redundant." In addition, the company said it may lay off an additional 1,600 people in the United States. January 12, 2012 in Channel News Asia COPENHAGEN - The world leader in the wind turbine industry, Danish company Vestas, said on Thursday it would cut 2,335 jobs by the end of the

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Today (Thursday) local members of the Coalition on Article X will appear on Glen Curry's Live at Five at 5:00 PM. WATN 1240. Today is a very bad weather day here in the North County. But, present plans are for Glenn to talk with Brooks Bragdon, Hester Chase, and Rob Alliaso. COAX is a rapidly growing  state wide organization  Coalition on Article X mission statement As a

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Cape Vincent Zoning Officer Alan Wood has told the Watertown Daily Times that if he had known his job was in jeopardy, that he would have run for Town Supervisor against Urban Hirschey. He further claims that since he was also told by other members of the Town Board that he was doing a good job, he decided that he would not run against Mr. Hirschey. Mr. Wood is quoted in the Jaegun Lee

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This is a condensed version of a Jim Cummings review of Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today, by Robert Righter: A new book, Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today, by historian Robert Righter,  was recently published by University of Oklahoma Press.  Righter also wrote an earlier history of wind energy, published by UofO Press in 1996.  In the intervening years, of course, the wind industry

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Matt Surtel of The Daily News in Batavia, NY reports that New York State Supreme Court Justice Patrick NeMoyer has ruled in favor of a property owner who says that a planned wind turbine is too close to his hunting cabin. ORANGEVILLE — A judge’s decision has reversed two authorizations for a tower in the planned Stony Creek Wind Farm. State Supreme Court Justice Patrick NeMoyer ruled  Jan

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At tonight's Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board meeting, Richard MacSherry introduced the new Board members and alternates. Cape Vincent citizen Keith Walker agreed to take tonight's minutes. Mr. MacSherry announced that it was his intent to find a secretary to take minutes so the members can be free to serve the committee and participate  with all business. Steve Weed productions did not

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At tonight's Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board meeting, planning board member Bob Brown, who is also the chairman of the committee recently appointed by the Town Board to revise the Town's 1989/1998 zoning law has set Thursday (tomorrow), January 12 as their first meeting date. The meeting will be held at Recreation Park at 1:30 PM. The zoning law committee members are: Chairman:  

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On January 8, Nancy Madsen of the Watertown Daily Times filed a report that said the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency had voted 3:2 for pilot-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements that "would allow the board to force a PILOT with a standard pro rata distribution, even if not all of the taxing jurisdictions agreed. The action would require five votes of the seven members, by statute. PILOTs

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Congressional candidate hosts informal forums to listen to voters WATERTOWN – Matt Doheny is offering a fun way for people to get to know him and to discuss the issues that matter most. The Republican candidate has created Doughnuts With Doheny, an informal town hall-style event that will be held on successive Saturdays across the district. This forum gives Doheny an opportunity to listen

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JLL thanks the readers who stopped by this Wednesday Morning. Later this evening, I will report on tonight's CV Planning Board Meeting.

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