5/3/13
Gary King: “We feel we’re entitled to intervenor funds, even more so than the Cape Vincent town government,”
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
CAPE VINCENT — Voters for Wind has been accused of receiving financial assistance from BP Wind Energy by an attorney representing Cape Vincent’s town government.
Members of the pro-wind power group, however, denied the allegation Thursday, calling it a “bold-faced lie” meant to discourage the state Public Service Commission from awarding Cape Vincent Wind Farm intervenor funding to Voters for Wind.[Watertown Times]
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Below is a little background info about the Outreach group~ Voters For Wind
BP established that Voters for wind is an affiliate of theirs when they included
the following description of their relationship with Voters for Wind
in their initial Public Involvement Plan:
"In 2007, BP retained the services of Marion Trieste and her team of public outreach
experts to assist with planning events to educate and engage the public. As part of this
effort, BP assisted a group of local wind power supporters in the Towns of Cape Vincent
and Lyme to form a group known as Voters for Wind "
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BP hired Marion Trieste to do their outreach work .
Trieste has a formula for making a project work for the developer. what she calls “Grassroots organization”
The following quotes were made by Trieste in a Webcast titled Community Acceptance of Wind
Trieste tells developers,
“we really have to invest in the public”. “you’re only going to increase your odds of success if you're investing in our host communities.”
Trieste had this to say about Voters for Wind
“they actually established themselves two years ago.
“And I worked with them with a BP wind power project here.” “BP was - is the developer that I'm - I've been working with here.”
“it’s all - it's all about the messenger, right.”
“it just warms my heart to watch what's - what evolves with connecting people to each other in a community.”
Trieste tells the developers, to distance themselves, so they don’t taint the process,
“At GEOS we call ourselves like a little buffer between the wind farm developer who's our client and those on the ground who are basically those most impacted in the local communities.”
“So we can do a lot more good out there if we are seen as independent and are and acting as independent individual grassroots organizations.”
Trieste stresses the importance of the economics of wind and characterizes our area as little Appilachia. “Money talks”
Trieste had this to say about the typical industrial wind opponents, as
“they just care about their viewshed”
Trieste characterizes wind proponents as
People who are invested in the community and have been invested in the land for generations and now their grand kids are never going to be able to live here because there’s nothing for them .
“they get it.”
Trieste would like to educate our children about industrial wind as well.
“I can't emphasize enough that we need to be more and more in our schools.to get young people involved, Let's go and let's shame the older generation into doing this.”
Link below to a transcript/webcast to read what Marion has to say about Voters For Wind and the methods she uses to deliver a community to a developer.
24 comments:
Go ahead King, sue them! Yeah, you didn't get a check from BP, but Trieste Associates is paid by BP and without Trieste you'd have no green t-shirts, bumper stickers or road signs. Quit denying the connection, we all know what money laundering means. BP is funding all of VFW's nonsense! They said so, read Curtin's letter where he quotes BP's public information plan.
Nice try, Voters for Wind.
Actually it isn't a nice try. It's pretty stupid.
Someone help me.
I can't recall the name for some of this logic stuff, but..
If BP = Trieste
and
If Trieste = VFW
therefore,
BP = VFW
This is just plain logical.
7:13
The term in logic that you were trying to recall is a "syllogism" -- a process of deduction with a major and minor premise leading to a conclusion.
And you have just articulated a very proper and accurate syllogism leading to your valid logical conclusion: BP = VFW.
"Julia E. Gosier, another member of Voters for Wind, said she has not read Mr. Curtin’s letter but echoed Mr. King’s sentiments."
What Marion Trieste has done here in Lyme and the Cape is the formation of a cult. A cult so dangerous that people like Julia have loss their ability to think on their own. A cult so dangerous that Voters for Wind have totally loss their sense of family, friends and community.
What I want to know is when does Bp send them a spaceship and whisk them off into a corporate heaven filled with Marion Trieste look alike angels and wind turbines that work without wind?
How many hundred of thousands of dollars have been sent into Lyme and CV into the pockets of wind supporters who have have never reported one nickel to the IRS.
Free gifts and services are taxable, too. Promises aren't though. Suckers like promises.
Mr. Kings assertion that VFW deserve intervenor funds is misguided whether, they have received money from BP or not.
The intervenor process is intended to provide an opportunity for potentially impacted persons or parties, to make a case that a proposed development may have consequences not addressed ,or minimized by its proponents.
Voters for Wind is obviously an advocate for BP, with most of its members being leaseholders or family, with direct interests to their project.
This claim for status as bonafide intervenor is about as legitmate ,and sensible as his claim that there was voter fraud in the last two elections, or that having an illegal conflict of interest is the equivalent of having an opinion.
Simply no logical basis.
I want my money! I want my money, dammit!
PLEASE DON'T LET DARREL AUBERTINE, HAROLD WILEY AND GARY KING TAKE BACK CAPE VINCENT AND GIVE IT TO BEE PEE.
VOTE THIS FALL FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
VFW uses the BP office for training and meetings. Do you suppose anyone else would be allowed to do that? Wind proponents were schooled by someone within or close to the BP organization to lobby local organizations to take money. Get real Mr. King. I sure would like to be present to see your plea to the intervenor funding judge.
Hey everybody, reserve May 21 at 7:00 PM at the Cape Elementary school for an intervenor fund concert. We will hear and see legal harmony from Gary King and the SLAPP Tones singing their blockbuster hits, "You've[BP] Really Got a Hold on Me," "Gypsies, Tramps and Theives[VFW], and "I Just Want My Money, Dammit." Get your tickets at BP's office at the corner of Esselstyne and Broadway.
Aw shuks...I was hoping they would do an a cappella of "Bring in the Clowns"
Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air..
Where are the clowns?
Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can't move...
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours.
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines...
No one is there.
Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want...
Sorry, my dear!
And where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here.
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career.
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns...
Well, maybe next year.
More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/judy_collins/
King and the SLAPP Tones will do an encore from Pink Flyod's 'Money:'
Money get back
I'm all right Jack
Keep your hands off my stack
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that
Do goody good bullshit
Oh, man I can't wait to hear the SLAPP Tones and 'der goody good bullshit.'
Bp and Marion Trieste,
Please go away and leave our community alone.
Will the Little Appalachia jug band do a warm up?
Will Maz lead the wind voters in her best presentation of "If yer happy and you know it, clap your hands"?
Gary and Julia. Anyone who has there head out of the sand regarding has big foreign business does projects will never be convinced thatB is NOT POURING SOME BIG MONEY INTO YOUR PHONY GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS!
good grief Gary stop groveling. Pick yourself up by the boot straps and move into something more respectable.
Marion said,
“So we can do a lot more good out there if we are seen as independent and are and acting as independent individual grassroots organizations.”
So Gary whatever you do make sure you keep believing and tell people that you have no connection to Bp. But please don't expect your former friends to think the same. Good grief man listen to yourself!
SLAPP is not funny. Only scum of the earth lawyers would even do a SLAPP.
This is another one of those times when voters for wind should have just kept their mouths shut.
If Julia Gosier had actually read the letter she would have known that Bp already confessed to a connection with Marion's favorite group in the whole world. And most people believe that in the case of big business connection means either sex or money or both.
Frankly, I think maybe, possibly or perhaps, Mr. King spent 2 many years in a profession dealing with people who couldn't talk back. Now, mind you, that is just my opinion, not a statement of fact.
Incidentally, Pandora, has'nt the two week interval for a judgement on your lawsuit elapsed? By my calculations its been at least 24 days.
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