* It’s a never-ending source of amazement to us to think how the turbine companies come to town and talk to people/try to get people to sign contracts before they even approach the Planning or Town Boards about their proposed contracts. The contracts are, of course, “confidential” agreements.

So our first thought is, “Why the secrecy?” Why work in the shadows?

The answer, of course, is that some of what is proposed will be ugly for people. The goal is to obtain a toehold in the community before anyone really knows that is going on. It seems an underhanded way to do business.

There were some interesting and thought provoking letters in the paper last week.

A young woman from Perry had a very well written letter published in three different papers. She spoke of “my generation’s future”, of alternative energy sources and she was insightful enough to make note of whose web site was on the local “No Turbine” signs. It was a very good piece. As the father of a daughter who can write well, I think her parents can be justifiably proud.

(Courtesy CREDNY)

Towns Being Considered:

Alabama
Albion
Alexander
Altona
Andes
Arkport
Arkwright
Ashford
Attica
Bangor (probably)
Barre
Batavia
Beekmantown
Bellmont
Bethany
Bombay (probably)
Bovina
Brandon
Bristol
Burke
Canandaigua (not sure of the status)
Cape Vincent
Castile
Centerville
Cherry Valley
Churubusco
Clinton
Cohocton
Cold Spring
Covington
Dickinson

As I stood in my living room, talking to my family about something else, I saw a long, white, cylindrical object fly down the road in front of my home.

I jumped to my feet.

"Holy crap! That's a turbine tower section!" I almost yelled at my husband. We discussed it for a bit, couldn't figure out where on earth they would be heading that had already approved the monsters (at least in that direction) and decided it must be a cell or water tower section instead.

Well, we did it! We ticked someone off far enough that an attack was launched against LINY on Friday, September 1st.

I was notified of the attack, rebooted the server and firewalled[1] the parties responsible. No data loss occurred and we're up and running just fine.

So, onward we march and good work!

-- Loy

[1] permanently blocked from accessing the server.

We read some of the recent letters-to-the-editor and were, if not annoyed, taken aback. One writer said, “change is good” and advised people questioning turbines to “shut up and think positive…” He went on to say that he should have the “freedom to do what I want with my land.”

Another letter writer noted how she and her husband (and her dog) were concerned about the “wild stories” and drove out to Wethersfield to take a look at the turbines and decide for themselves what impact turbines had.

** There has been a bit of dust-up about the Perry Herald and it Letters-To-The_Editor policy.

In all fairness to the Herald, they are a small newspaper that is running in the red. They have been getting plenty of letters and initially tried to print them all. The problem with that is that to do so they need to add extra pages, with raises their publishing cost while at the same time doing nothing to increase income.

As we noted in our letter published last week (May 11th), we want to address specific proposals for what would be acceptable parameters for turbine placement in our community.

The problem, of course, is we are not out in the wide-open West or the rolling plains of the Midwest. Rather, we are in an area where you can see lights everywhere if you are flying over at night; where towns are only a few miles apart and where residential homes abut farmers’ acreage.