RIENBECK ~ PERCEPTION ~ OR ~ DECPTION?

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.Abraham Lincoln


I have one question for TOM RIENBECK our current town supervisor about the impending industrial wind Plant in Cape Vincent.
~ WHY ~Cape Vincents Wind Law needs to be Edited Because
Tom Rienbeck has a problem with the "language" in the wind law.
Tom Rienbeck has a problem with the "language" in the wind law, and wants to change the way this law is written because it prohibits wind development in Cape Vincent. Mr. Rienbeck said they do not want to prohibit wind development in Cape Vincent they want to regulate it. When Tom Rienbeck was asked who participated in this decision he admitted that the developer was involved in this decision.
Bottom line if you use the ambient winter noise level it is too quiet in Cape Vincent to allow turbines. So come hell or high water we must have those turbines. Apparently the developer carries more weight than the citizens of Cape Vincent.

Tom Rienbeck has had problems with the "language" in other laws as well.

I remember a quote by Tom Rienbeck in a local news paper, to the effect that if you were reelected to a position Mr. Rienbeck thought that all your conflicts would no longer matter.

What! would they magically disappear?

Do laws suddenly change if your actions get validation of a vote?

If this were true than Cape Vincent would have its own laws, separate from those of New York State. WELL! There you have it in a nut shell don’t you.

The basic problem with the leadership in Cape Vincent, or shall I say the lack of leader ship is that they make their own rules, and reelection means freedom to convolute and manipulate the law for personal gain .
Our town government has the because I can mentality, or because I said so rational . Several planning board videos clearly show this attitude.This is only one example.


Tom Rienbeck is either a pawn in this whole wind fiasco or a willing participant with a definite lack of moral character.

However, a certain planning board member that shall remain nameless has played a prominent role in this wind drama, and I would not hesitate to characterize this individual as a sociopath.
In the you tube video below you can hear Tom Rienbeck, and the town board rationalize away The Attorney General’s code of conduct. This is a prime example of how they operate.







who does Thomas K. Rienbeck work for, the people of Cape Vincent or the wind companies?


Back to the wind law ~
WaterTown daily Times
By Nancy Madsen
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Mr. Rienbeck said the town has spent about $15,000 working on the wind zoning ordinance so far. A committee completed a five-month review of a proposed zoning ordinance in January. Mr. Rienbeck said he thought members of Wind Power Ethics Group had supported many of the changes.

"I heard comments by opponents of wind power and they were somewhat happy with what we put together," he said.

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090217/NEWS03/302179953

Presently

Tom Rienbeck seems to be serving as a representative for the wind developers.

The Water Town Times article below clearly indicates that things weren’t always that way.
What has changed Mr. Rienbeck?(WDT article,8/04/2005)
CAPE MAY ZONE OUT WIND FARMS
ICE WORRIES, BIRD SAFETY, VIEWS AMONG CONCERNS
By M.B. Pell
Times Staff Writer
CAPE VINCENT -- Rumors that a company wants to develop a wind farm in the town of Cape Vincent have prompted town officials to start draft zoning regulations that would prevent such construction.
The Town Council will hold a meeting at 7 tonight at Recreation Park, James Street, to gather public comment on the proposed zoning changes.Supervisor Thomas K. Reinbeck said he has heard that an unidentified firm wants to build the turbines off of Favret Road, near the town transfer site.
"People might stand up and say 'we all want them' or they may say 'no, we don't want them the supervisor said. "I don't know,I think there are more downsides than upsides. " Mr. Reinbeck said he is concerned that the large turbines will detract from the town's bucolic splendor, will make too much noise and could throw large chunks of ice during the winter.
The danger presented by flying ice is debatable, but some experts say that for flying ice to cause personal injury or property damage, it would require a set of circumstances that could be achieved only in a lab.
The public reaction could be as varied as the supervisor suggested, as some Favret Road residents already have said they are not concerned about a wind farm development.
"It doesn't bother me" said Brian R. Knapp. "We already have cell towers and they're an eyesore, but you get used to them."
The Jefferson County Planning Department has been working with the town to develop zoning codes to prevent construction of a wind farm. "Very generally, it's an issue of tower's height, view-shed and compatibility with other uses; that's where you start," said Bruce A. Armstrong, county planning director. "What it comes down to is what fits the community's land-use philosophy."
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WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. ARMSTRONG AND THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT?


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Mr. Armstrong said the county has suggested limiting the height of towers in specific areas as one approach to preventing wind turbine development.In June 2003, Assemblyman Darrel J. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, said that a company had approached him about installing 11 wind-powered generators on his property and the properties belonging to three of his neighbors. Each turbine would be capable of generating 11.5 megawatts of power.
William R. Evans, executive director of Old Bird, an Ithaca-based nonprofit group that studies night migration of birds, said in 2003 that the town of Cape Vincent is a poor location for a wind farm because it would present a threat to many species of migratory birds.
Mr. Evans, who also has worked for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, said north-south ridge lines and valleys, such as the St. Lawrence River Valley, "channel the birds into areas, concentrating their populations," thereby increasing the chances that large bird populations will run into the turbines.
Furthermore, he said, birds do not like to fly over large bodies of water, but instead fly along coast lines.
The ornithologist said the north-south direction of the river valley and the fact that the river's shoreline meets the coastline of Lake Ontario combine to make the St. Lawrence flyway an important migratory path for a variety of raptors, including bald eagles, and a plethora of songbirds, such as orioles.
He said for these birds, especially night-migrating songbirds, which can't see the wind towers, the generators would act as a giant Cuisinart.
That is not to say he opposed wind farms.
Mr. Evans said that from an environmental standpoint, wind generators provide a safe energy source. He encourages companies to continue installing the wind farms, but only in responsibly selected locations.
"There are plenty of good places to put wind generators, but until a study determining the effect of a wind farm on bird populations in the St. Lawrence flyway is conducted, Cape Vincent should not be considered one of them."