Darrel AubertineOnly his Tailor Knows for Sure

People have been asking me how much influence has Darrel Aubertine had in the most recent political debacle in Cape Vincent (The Democrat Caucus.)

That is an excellent question. Darrel Aubertine is no stranger to political controversy,

The answer is ~

Only his Tailor knows for sure. ...

Darrel Aubertine began his political Career in Cape Vincent as Town Councilman.
Aubertine was elected to the Jefferson County Legislature began serving his term January of 1996.
However, Mr. Aubertine remained a member of the Cape Vincent Town Council for eleven weeks, before he resigned his Cape Vincent Town Council position effective April 1, 1996. Even though it was unclear in many minds, including Mr. Aubertine's, whether holding both elected offices was legal or ethical.
While holding both positions Aubertine did some cross promoting, he was instrumental in passing a legislative resolution March 27, 1996, supporting the efforts of certain Towns in Jefferson County (Cape Vincent & Clayton ) interested in the possible siting of a State Prison within Jefferson County. A copy of this resolution of support was forwarded to the Governor and the State of New York Department of Correctional Services.
Questions remain as to whether or not Aubertine had property listed as a potential site for a new prison.

Darrel Aubertine went on to make political history in Jefferson County New York
January 6, 1998, in an unprecedented move Darrel Aubertine became the first Democrat ever to lead Jefferson County government.
At a time when Republicans outnumbered Democrats on the board 12-3 Aubertine was elected by an 8-7 vote.
This Historical event was later characterized by some as the fumbling of Republican members of the Jefferson County Board of Legislators.
The six DISSIDENT REPUBLICANS who helped elect Aubertine to lead Jefferson County government later apologized in a letter to other members of the county GOP.
“We are not proud of the outcome and certainly had nothing to gain and much to lose by our actions”.
Prior to Mr. Aubertine’s being elected to the chairmanship he had supported Paul J. Warneck, R- Sackets Harbor for a second term as chairman.
Aubertine said that when it got right down to voting in January for a new Chairman, there was only one person he could trust: himself.

“There are no apologies for supporting myself,” Mr. Aubertine said.

Since the beginning Darrel Aubertine has had what may seem to some as a meteoric political rise to his position as a New York State Senator.
But this is far from the case.
After the strategic political maneuvering that gained Darrel Aubertine the chairmanship of the Jefferson County Board of Legislators , things began to accelerate to another level for Darrel Aubertine. August of 1999, Michael W. Schell, former head of the county Democrats, invited Aubertine to a ROCHESTER DINNER WITH HUD SECRETARY CUOMO and AG CHIEF GLICKMAN.
Mr. Schell, at this time is the head of New York's Democratic Executive Committee. They all drove to Rochester with Aubertine and met with two members of President Bill Clinton's cabinet in Rochester.
This meeting in Rochester was a crucial point in Darrel’s political career. People in high places were taking an interest in Darrel Aubertine.
Darrel Must have made a good impression , perhaps they decided that Down On the Farm Darrel could deliver the North Country to the Down State Democrats, Darrel made the grade and was moved on to the next stage of the game. Handpicked to become the new chosen one for the Albany insiders club . He had that aw shucks persona they needed to appeal to the North Country population as they knew they couldn’t. He is the perfect political decoy.

In the spring of 2000 Aubertine made an announcement~ "I have been asked to run for state Senate, but I've also been asked to run for Assembly,"Mr. Aubertine said. "I'm very flattered." By April of 2000 Aubertine announced that he had made a decision he will run for State Assembly. ( I am suprised he didn't try and do both at the same time)
Winning did not become a reality for Darrel until early spring of April 2002 when Assembly's Democrats give Aubertine a gift that money can't buy : Assembly district 118 was redrawn this was a major move that helped Aubertine tie up the election. He was elected three times beginning in 2002 to serve in the NY State Assembly representing the 118th or "River" District.Eventually moving on to become a NY State Senator fulfilling the obligations and ambitions of the voracious political machine that launched his political career.

Now one thing that the slick suits that were grooming Darrel for puppet hood did not count on was that Darrel is an ethical illusionist and along with that aw shucks persona comes his Cape Vincent code of ethical standards , an unwritten code of unethical standards so convoluted and twisted that they are intertwined in an incestuous tanglement of lies and contradictions that are mind numbing.
Just to name a few---

Darrel Aubertine signed two lease agreements on May 1, 2004 with NY Wind power LLC purchased by (Acciona) He has lied about this, not making the required financial disclosures.

Aubertine signed a bill that eliminated a tax penalty for converting land zoned for agricultural use to non-agricultural use.
Now, when a farmer hosts wind turbines on his land this bill eliminates a tax penalty for changing the use of the land from agricultural to non agricultural.

Additionally There is the infamous letter that (then Assemblyman) Aubertine wrote to the Cape Vincent town board informing them that it was their duty to vote even though they have conflicts of interest. Additionally Aubertine wrote that governing by referendum is unwise.
This upcoming vote had the potential of eliminating turbines from Aubertine’s neighborhood. And may have had the potential to benefit him financially.

Did Aubertine do these things to fulfill a clause in a wind lease that he has signed with Acciona Spain?

The clause~~~

Due to paperwork error, Cape Vincent, Clayton, Wilna won't field Dem candidates

Watertown Daily Times | Due to paperwork error, Cape Vincent, Clayton, Wilna won't field Dem candidates
September 19, 2011

The towns of Cape Vincent, Clayton and Wilna won't field Democratic candidates in this November's elections because party officials there didn't tell the county Board of Elections that they'd be holding caucuses 10 days in advance.Continue reading via this link to the Watertown Daily Times

Obama Administration reworked Solyndra loan to favor private donors

Administration reworked Solyndra loan to favor private donors - Fosters
By MATTHEW DALY
and JACK GILLUM


Sunday, September 18, 2011

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration restructured a half-billion dollar federal loan to a troubled solar energy company in such a way that private investors — including a fundraiser for President Barack Obama — moved ahead of taxpayers for repayment in case of a default, government records show. More...

Cape Vincent ~Turban TurbulanceWhy Alan Wood, Rich Edsall,& Roger Alexander Are on the Lone Ranger's Shit-List

I posted this story a few months back , recently I have had more than a few inquires about this issue . This is just a one example of the convoluted idiocy that is part of Cape Vincents Culture of Corruption.
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If you are riding along NYS Rte 12E from Cape Vincent toward Clayton you will undoubtedly see an odd looking white contraption hovering over a nearby home, seemingly ready to unleash some ungodly alien attack. But, it isn't an attack of the Ninjas, rather, it's Roger Alexander and Alan Wood's idea of a joke – a private wind generator, that rarely spins, placed entirely too close to the home of Mary and Bob Grogan.






How close is too close? Alexander's pseudo-spinning machine is 90 ft high, 108 ft from the Grogan property line and 132 ft from their home.


The supplier of Alexander's machine admitted it's noisy and said it should be further away from a home than 100 ft.


GE has a simple formula for determining safe setbacks from wind generators to avoid ice-throw problems and that formula says Alexander's spinner is too close. NYSDEC noise policy indicates the noise and wind generator is too close. But more importantly, the Cape Vincent Planning Board policy says Alexander's spinning whirligig is way, way too close. If all this is true, then how could this overhanging, pseudo-spinning thing have ever been allowed to be that close to Mary and Bob Grogan's home? Why? Because Alan Wood isn't that smart, Rich Edsall is a hypocrit and because Roger Alexander is a Big Fat Idiot! What, Alan Wood isn't that smart? I thought he was the brain behind the Wood Farms, LLC.
Wood issued the first permit for Alexander's wind generator in 2006 and renewed it in May 2009. The permits had a few errors. Wrong height of the generator. Wrong intended use. Wrong parcel. Yes, I said wrong parcel. Imagine that a zoning officer who has no idea where he was. I shouldn't be too hard on him, at least he knew he was in the Town of Cape Vincent. Wait, Silver has not yet reached the summit of Mount Idiocy.


The permit did not only contain a few “minor errors,” but it was also illegal. After Grogan complained to the town's complaint department, the Zoning Board of Appeals, they agreed with her and determined that the permit Wood had approved was illegal. ZEO Wood missed Section 585 in the law, which states nothing can be higher than 30 ft on a lot without a house.


Alexander's spinarama was on an independent lot without a house. This was a clear violation of the law that Wood was paid to understand, administer and enforce. Wood's excuse was I checked with the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals before I issued the permit.


Alexander didn't like the idea his permit was ruled illegal by the ZBA, so he took the town to court; only to lose. Then he had a brilliant idea – put a house on the lot so that it conforms with Section 305 of the Zoning Law, which states that a supplemental structure (e.g., wind generator) can be taller than 30 ft as long as there is a house on the lot and it has an additional setback from the property line.


Alexander garners the Big Fat Idiot title when he spends $132,500 to purchase a home adjacent to his independent lot with his whirlygig and then consolidates both lots making his whirlygig in compliance with Cape Vincent zoning law.
Rather than admit he was wrong, rather than removing the wind generator as required by the ZBA's ruling and rather than doing the right thing for his neighbor, the Big Fat Idiot shows he has more money than brains by spending $132,500 rather than dismantle a non-operative, junk generator.


And now for the part of this sad story that really pisses-off the Lone Ranger.


In early 2009 Verizon Cellular applied for a permit to put a cell tower on property that adjoins land owned by ZEO Wood. At a February 11, 2009 meeting of the Planning Board, its Chairman Richie Edsall is flummoxed when he learns Verizon intends to put a 195 ft tower only 213 ft from ZEO Wood's property line. “I'm not going to vote for a tower that's closer to a property line than 1.5 times the tower height unless you get the neighbor to sign some sort of legal document,” Edsall stated. Edsall then asks the Verizon representative, “Who's the neighbor?” After a pause, ZEO Wood says, “Oh, that's me that neighbor you're talking about.” At the April 8, 2009 public hearing for the Verizon cell tower application, Wood asks Edsall, “You took care of the issue of it being too close to the line? Edsall says yes and Wood states finally, “It should be good then.”


Wow! Okay then for Alan Wood to have a tower setback 1.5 times its height from his property line, but screw the Grogans. I've found that the local natives of Cape Vincent have a common epithet they like to spit out at people of a different color or persuasion - it's scumbag. Well, that's the only term you can apply to people who took delight in allowing the Big Fat Idiot's 92 ft wind turbine to be placed 108 ft from Mary Grogan's property line. Yup, that's closer than Edsall said he'd allow, yet that scumbag happily agreed to Alexander's lot line shift that shafted the Grogans. Damn, I don't think anything is more a burr under my saddle than hypocrisy!


As most of you know, the Ranger never stays in one place very long. I like to move along and help people where they are in need, but there is so much injustice in this town that I think I better stick around a spell. Adios, see you in a bit.

The Lone Ranger...

Galloo Island Wind Farm in limbo as state senator calls for end to Great Lakes Offshore Wind

Watertown Daily Times | Galloo Island Wind Farm in limbo as state senator calls for end to Great Lakes Offshore Wind

NYPA APPLICATION: Ritchie says agency in review process after report Long Island locale is likely winner
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011


Developers of Galloo Island Wind Farm have waited months for word on their application for a power purchase agreement, and now a state senator has said the entire program for offshore wind power in the Great Lakes should be scrapped.

State Sen. George Maziarz, R-Newfane, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, told the Buffalo News on Thursday that the New York Power Authority is backing away from the Lake Ontario and Lake Erie project in favor of a wind farm off Long Island with the Long Island Power Authority and Consolidated Edison.


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* DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA?

Acciona community noise outreach

Wind developer should open meetings
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010
Acciona Wind Energy USA has a strange way of reaching out to the public. They'll do it behind closed doors.

The developer of St. Lawrence Wind Farm in Cape Vincent plans to set up a community relations group of 10 to 15 town and county officials as well as residents on both sides of the issue to provide a variety of viewpoints.

Project Manager Peter E. Zedick said it will help them share "all the information we can with the community." They expect to meet next month with several other meetings planned this year under the direction of a moderator from Jefferson Community College's Center for Community Center.

But there's a catch.

The meetings will be secret. They will be closed to the public, which will have to rely on minutes or secondhand reports of what was discussed. Such closed-door arrangements do little to gain public trust or confidence; just the opposite. They give rise to suspicions and distrust.

If Acciona wants a dialogue with the community, then it should try transparency and open the doors.


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Community Relations Group letter

KESSELS G.L.O.W DEAD in THE WATER

Things are not going as smoothly for offshore wind development in New York’s Lake Ontario waters. As a matter of fact they are not going at all.
NYPA’s G.L.O.W DEAD in THE WATER.
The shakeup at the New York Power Authority seems to have had a chilling effect for the NYPA’s Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW) program. In July NYPA, president and CEO Richard Kessel gave the Authority’s board notice of his resignation.
While at NYPA, Kessel pursued the developing of New York’s Great Lakes, for wind development with a vengeance. Kessel’s quest began on Earth Day 2009 when he first introduced NYPA’s GLOW Project.

The initial stages featured a competitive process to award power purchase agreements to prospective developers of offshore wind projects in New York’s Great Lakes. Things looked positive for Kessel’s dream at first: NYPA reported that five developers responded to NYPA’s request for proposals by the summer of 2010; However NYPA refused to respond to a FOIL request to reveal who these developers were. NYPA appeared to be reviewing the proposals, with a winner to be announced no later than January 2011.


Today Tom Precious, of the Buffalo News, has posted N.Y. a story that NYPA’s GLOW is dead in the water.
Sept. 16--ALBANY -- An ambitious plan for what was to be the nation's first freshwater wind farm with as many as 150 large turbines in Lake Erie off Buffalo's shoreline is being halted, a state lawmaker with firsthand knowledge said Thursday.

Less than two years after the New York Power Authority unveiled its wind turbine plan as a major generator of green energy and jobs in Western New York, the authority is quietly shelving the project.


The project called for generation of 120 megawatts to 500 megawatts of electricity from as many as 150 giant turbines atop towers within six miles of the shoreline. The program would have resulted in far fewer turbines being built as part of a process to allay concerns over, some sources said.

Maziarz said he has heard from authority officials that the local project's high price tag was not cost-effective and that some localities expressed worries about the visual aspects of wind farms on the horizon. More


Sources:
Thu, Jul 28, 2011
Business, Federal, Great Lakes, NY / NJ
By Todd Griset

The Buffalo News, 2011-09-16
By Tom Precious, The Buffalo News, N.Y.

BP'S Jim Madden Warns against developing a protective wind law

Below is a copy of a letter from BP's business manager Jim Madden.
In his letter Madden is warning of the economic losses that will result in developing a protective wind law.

Link here to post giving background on wind law committee Dollars Versus Decibels
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May 5, 2010
Town of Cape Vincent Planning Board
1964 NYS Rt. 12 E
Cape Vincent , NY 13618


The Town of Cape Vincent has been working on developing a wind ordinance for almost two years now. Through this time, BP Wind has supported the development of a wind ordinance so that expectations for siting, construction and operations of wind farms can be clearly established and uniformly enforced.

However, despite recent efforts, it appears that a wind ordinance will not be implemented this year, largely due to lack of agreement on noise limits. As everyone involved in these discussions knows, measuring noise and establishing noise limits are complex issues. Ambient noise varies by season and even minute to minute due to wind, insects and other natural and man-made noise sources. Wind turbine noise also varies with wind speed as the blades increase and decrease in velocity. Furthermore, it is easy to get sidetracked on technical issues like method of measuring and which noise standards to use.

As you know, Cape Vincent is not the first town to implement a wind ordinance. Hundreds of communities in the U.S. have similar concerns and resolved them in a manner that protects residents and allows for responsible development of wind energy.

Here in New York, we are aware of 22 towns that have implemented wind ordinances that include noise limits below 50 dBA. Yet many of these towns have operating wind farms without any significant noise issues and some are even pursuing expansion of their projects.

While we would all prefer if wind turbines were completely silent, the fact is that wind turbines are not as noisy as critics claim. Anyone who has visited a wind farm and talked to the people living near operating turbines can attest to that, However, establishing unrealistic limits on noise will simply act as a de- facto ban on wind energy in Cape Vincent. While wind energy opponents would cheer that idea, it would prevent the town and the region from receiving tens of millions of dollars in economic benefits the wind farm would provide.

Some would ask that you not consider economic benefits when considering a wind ordinance. Therefore, we have developed the enclosed estimates of the economic benefits of the BP Wind project, based on various noise limits. We used NYSERDA data on construction and operations jobs and revenues, as well as the recent Galloo Island PILOT agreement for tax revenues.

This analysis shows an expected total 20- year economic benefit to the region of over 86$ million from our project , assuming noise limits are set at 50dBA at non- participating property lines. As limits are tightened, there will reduction in number of turbines and reduction in economic benefits. At 48 dBA, the economic benefits are reduced by $13 million, to about $73 million, while at 47dBA, there would be $68million in estimated economic benefits.

Finally, the analysis shows that a noise limit of 42dBA at property lines would result in a 36MW project and only $27million in economic benefits over 20 years, if it was built. In reality, the economics will not support a 36 MW project, so the project could not be built.

While the discussion of noise limits and setbacks is important, the Town of Cape Vincent should keep in mind the economic impacts of these decisions and that there are practical limits to what can be done with current wind energy technology.

Sincerely,

Jim Madden

Business developer
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Foiled Copy of Maddens letter below


Below are charts and data that Madden put together to show that a too restrictive wind law

IS A BAD THING
Madden says that it will cut into the community and leaseholder profits. I think that BP is more concerned about their profits than those of the community or lease holders .

LAMAS LAMENT REDUX

Romney blasts 'ballyhooed' wind and solar

September 13, 2011 by Richard A. Kessler in Recharge News

If elected US president, Republican candidate Mitt Romney would end federal government support for the solar and wind industries, and curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) “reckless regulatory behaviour” and “war on carbon

Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is touting his 35 years in the public and private sectors as giving him the right background to turn around the country’s stagnant economy and cut its dependence on foreign oil.

In “Believe in America,” his 88-page plan for economic growth and jobs, Romney is critical of Obama’s policies that promote renewable energy and green jobs, claiming they are distorting the free market.
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Cape Vincent Celebrates New Business

Update:7:07 PM

Great New Beginnings in Cape Vincent
MetalCraft Marine is opening a new design and manufacturing facility in Cape Vincent.
The facility will be located at Anchor Marina on East Broadway Street. .
10:00AM today there was ceremony at Anchor Marina on East Broadway Street to welcome MetalCraft to our community.

Among those present were CIDA CEO Donald Alexander ,Glen Kennedy of the CVLDC, the Village of Cape Vincent Mayor, Town Supervisor Urban Hirschey and owner of Anchor Marina Ron Trottier.
Several state and Federal officials or their representatives were on hand to usher in a great new enterprise that has come to our community. Among those that attended were State Senator Patty Ritchie,County Legislator Michael E. Docteur,District Director for US Congressman Owens Steve Haul and North Country Director for US Senator Gillibrand Sue Merrill.

Tom Wroe MetalCraft Marine President spoke as did Michael Allen, General Manager and Bob Clark, Contracts manager.


(Please accept my apologies if I have forgotten to mention someone)
There were many speakers at this celebration and they all had the same message.

That this is one of the biggest things to ever happen in Cape Vincent resulting from a coordinated team effort and many long hours of work. This a wonderful opportunity for MetalCraft and the town to grow together. MetalCraft is coming to grow their business and in the process Cape Vincent has the opportunity grow and to once again be a strong vibrant community that it once was.
The possibilities that this opens up for Cape Vincent are significant.


And this was all accomplished without subsidies grants or promises of pilot payments.
additionally there were two MetalCraft boats at the marina for public viewing. and a demonstration .
MetalCraft has a booming business, just recently, the Port of Houston Authority commissioners voted to spend nearly $15 million, to replace three aging fireboats. Within the next 16 months, Cape Vincent, N.Y.-based MetalCraft Marine will be building these three high-tech fireboats. The first vessel is scheduled to arrive in Houston in a year. The boats are more than twice as fast as the port’s current fleet and discharge up to 15,000 gallons of water per minute, nearly four times the water cannon dis- charge rate of the boats in use now.



MetalCraft will make Anchor Marina its new home. Anchor Marina has all the right elements necessary to accommodate MetalCraft Marine’s new design and manufacturing facility. Some of these include the depth of the water and a facility large enough to suit their needs. Additionally, the Marina will continue to operate as a full service Marina. Renovations will begin immediately to accommodate offices and restrooms. The 10 employees from Metal craft’s Clayton facility will be given the option of moving with MetalCraft to Cape Vincent. Additionally they plan to ultimately add another 50 year round employees.

Photos below by - Donna Essegian

CAPE VINCENT ELECTION 2011

Tues, September 13 ~ Noon to Nine Recreation Park Cape Vincent
Republican Primary

ELECT a Team who will
Provide:
GOOD JUDGEMENT
OPENNESS
SMART LEADERSHIP

Urban Hirschey ~ Town SupervisorJohn Byrne ~ Town CouncilmanClif Schneider ~ Town Councilman

Urban Hirschey, John Byrne and Clif Schneider have committed to run as Republicans for positions as Supervisor and Councilmen on Cape Vincent's Town Board. The three candidates have outlined the issues and actions they collectively will undertake if they are successful in upcoming elections:

To read their Unified position statement link here

What made Cape Vincent great will be gone

Watertown Daily Times What made Cape Vincent great will be gone

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009


Cape Vincent is where I grew up, and has always been my favorite place. I don't think I am alone in this sentiment. However, the proposed wind farm will certainly ruin the reason that Cape Vincent is so sacred and unique to people. More importantly, our future generations will never experience the natural beauty that this area is known for. It will be changed to an industrial nightmare. Many will not want to live or retire here as a result, and hence the legacy of families that settled and built this town will be lost forever. I have tried to remain neutral regarding the turbines, but there comes a time when you have to stand up for your rights.

Why do our town officials value the wind companies more than the citizens they represent? Furthermore, it's hard to understand why so many people are indifferent about the issue. Many people say, "I don't care one way or another because I won't see them from my house or from the village. They won't affect me." To me this translated to I don't care what happens to my neighbors or my community.

People in this town used to care about the well-being of their neighbors. Why has this changed so much? It's time more people started standing up for what is right for this town. What will Cape Vincent gain aside from some easy money? Since when was easy money a good thing, anyway? Times are tough, but that doesn't give people the right to do things that will adversely affect their neighbors' health, happiness, and land values.

The town as a whole needs more time before a decision is made that will forever change Cape Vincent for everyone. A one-year moratorium is not a lot to ask of our town officials. This would give us time to work together instead of against one another. If you are indifferent on the issue, think about how it will affect the whole town, not just yourself. Do we really want Cape Vincent to look and sound like Wolfe Island?


Jeffrey Alan Merchant


Cape Vincent

Cape Vincent A friendly little town

This is a post that I ran sometime ago but it is back by popular demand~

Cape Vincent A friendly little town:
This letter is in response to a comment that came in to a post on this blog.

Here is the portion of the comment that this post addresses

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It may be easier to feel victimized by a big faceless corporation, or remote political leaders, but it is a few AMONG us who have made us victims -- without the slightest trace or regret or compunction. When you try to explain to them that they are hurting you, they spit in your eye -- telling you to deal with it or
move away.
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Cape Vincent is being destroyed from within
Residents that are devouring the community with a bitter resentment, they seem to feel that they have some god given right to destroy Cape Vincent ,because they are “Natives of privilege” who belong to the lifelong residents club.
This is a clan of a select few that believe they have the right to do anything with their property they want to, even if it hurts others. The turning point that has changed the scope of things is the divide has grown deeper ,no longer is it just the traditional us against them “natives” against outsiders it is now growing into “native” against “native”.

Cape Vincent is no longer the "friendly little town" it once was.
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It is not right to hurt others either physically or financially for profit or personal gain it doesn’t matter if they are “native” or not it doesn’t matter if property has been in your family since the beginning of time.
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As a resident of Cape Vincent I would like to believe that all our Board Members have our best interests at heart even if we aren’t “Voters for wind” , unfortunately it is doubtful. When as citizens we are deprived of basic zoning regulations , a concept established to protect existing residents from new development. Recently it was discovered that the Planning Board disregarded the recommendations of its own sound consultant and went with the recommendations of the consultant paid by the Wind Company! This is just one of many of the convoluted, steps that some of our Town officials have taken in this Wind fiasco.
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Proponents of these massive industrial windmill developments or WMD’s scoff at any concerns voiced over the well documented problems associated with living near these monsters. Such as health issues with noise, do the lease holders think that signing a piece of paper will somehow grant a special immunity from noise or shadow flicker or other problems?
Why do you think Wind companies have confidentiality clauses gag orders and
hush money deals called “Good neighbor agreements”?

It is also my understanding that the wind companies do not protect the land owners against liability from risks of known and unknown dangers associated with electromagnetic field exposure , if this is the case doesn’t this denial of liability speak for itself? The aforementioned are just a few of the issues associated with windmill developments on the health issue side of the matter.

Property devaluation is another big issue, are we to be denied a property protection plan are we expected to sacrifice the equity in our homes to fund another’s retirement or vacation?
There are many documented problems related to the whole delusion of successful wind developments. But this letter is about something else. This letter is about an insidious attitude, even if we don’t have zoning to protect us from harm.


I ask you what kind of people would do this to their own families and neighbors?


We are defined by what we do. It may be legal to twist and bend and warp the law as was done in the case of designating turbines as utilities, but the bigger question, is this the morality that defines our Planning Board and certain members of our Town Board and the people of Cape Vincent that are so profit driven as to harm their
neighbors at any cost?

What a disgraceful legacy.
These citizens of Cape Vincent surely have come a long way.