By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Published: August 17, 2008
BURKE, N.Y. — Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy looked, the wind companies had been there first.
Wind Turbines Take Over Landscape
Christinne Muschi for The New York Times
To some upstate towns, wind power promises prosperity. Others fear noise, spoiled views and the corrupting of local officials.
The New York Times
Many in upstate New York have signed wind leases.
Dozens of people in their small town had already signed lease options that would allow wind towers on their properties. Two Burke Town Board members had signed private leases even as they negotiated with the companies to establish a zoning law to permit the towers. A third board member, the Tacys said, bragged about the commissions he would earn by selling concrete to build tower bases. And, the Tacys said, when they showed up at a Town Board meeting to complain, they were told to get lost.
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