9/16/12
8:31 AM
Update:12:28 PM 9/16/12
Today in the Watertown Daily Times there is a full page spread extolling the virtues of BP’s Cape Vincent Wind project
BP’s Project Developer Richard Chandler claims to be “engaged” with our community. His engagement consists of a paid advertisement in the Watertown Daily Times and a letter to our community telling us that our zoning law is overly burdensome and we should follow industry standards. Apparently protecting the health and welfare of the citizens of our community is overly burdensome for BP. Additionally, choosing to do a PR Blitz in a local newspaper rather than “engaging” in a meaningful dialog demonstrates a profound lack of respect for our community…
Additionally this is the same old, tired advertisement BP used Feb 12, 2012 Two days after the announcement in the Watertown Times that BP had purchased the rights to Acciona' St Lawrence Wind farm . For his latest piece of propaganda (above) Chandler copied a couple of paragraphs from his comment letter to the Public Service Commission Re: article 10 .
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Below is a copy of BP's advertisement from the Watertown Times 2/12/12
14 comments:
Anyone who agrees this may be a legitimate reason to adopt an ordinance denying corporations Constitutional rights that supercede citizens rights contact me at 783-8744.
The zoning law already has a rule that no other land use agreements can supersede the towns.
Anon. 12:10 Care to point out where in the zoning law this language occurs?
BP obviously believes when you say something bigger and louder more people will believe you! Say it on a half page in February, say it on a full page in September....yep great communication with the community!
What a farce....go home BP.
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12:10 " the zoning law already has a rule that no other land use agreements can supercede the towns"
Wow! that's great ! problem solved! Lets just call Gov. Cuomo and let him know, so he won't waste any more taxpayer money on reviewing BP's application.
Anon 8:11. Hi Art. Your sarcasm, cynicism and overuse of exclamation points is showing.
3:24 guess again, not Art. Notice the subtle difference in the syntax and use of small words so you could understand.
Still waiting for the supecession clause in the zoning law. can't you find it?
324. To bad but 811 comments are not mine.
But I too wait to see where in our new zoning it says it can not be preempted.
Oh that's right there is no such language.
I hope people are not actually relying on that fantasy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Town of Cape Vincent zoning law
Introduction
Immediately following the statement of purpose on page 1., is the following.
It is intended that this will be accomplished through the following actions:
Action #2
2. This law supersedes all commercial, industrial, and private agreements affecting any aspect of this law, except as specified in this law.
8:43 You have to be kidding! Do you honestly believe that this statement provides protection from the State Pre-Emptive Law?
If it were that easy, why do you think Cuomo passed the Art. X Legislation? Why bother with a state siting board, if it could not over-rule a simple claim of supercession in a local zoning law.
The authority of this statement can only be upheld by a challenge to the States attempt to pre-empt our Constitutional rights to self govern.
Commercial, industrial, and private agreements has nothing to do with protecting our law from preemption. This does not mean our law supersedes Article X.
This language is aimed at such things. as good neighbor agreements which might try to circumvent our law in a private agreement.
For example a neighbor can't have a private agreement to allow a lease holder to put a turbine closer to the neighbors home or property line than our zoning would allow.
The above comment is by Art Pundt. I hit the wrong sign in that made the comment anonymous.
My response concerning the zoning law was simply an excerpt from the zoning law that addresses land use agreements and has nothing to do with Article 10, this was a response to Anon. 12:10 who said: care to point out where in the zoning law this language occurs?
10:53 pretty smooth exit.
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