I went to the meeting last night 6-28 at West Shore CC for the hearing on Consumer Energy request for a special land use. I was certainly suprised by some of the comments. According to County ordinance the special land use can only be approved if the 9 conditions for the special use are met. When Jay Kilpatrick of Williams & Works, the zoning Planner gave his opinion to the County Board I was amazed at what he said and he used a straight face when he said it. He said the 500 ft. towers met the criterea to be allowed in the agricultural district when clearly, according to the County's own ordinance requirments, they did not. This man must be working for Consumers and as far as I am concerned has lost all credibility as far as representing the County.
According to many of the citizens who spoke, CE, did not contact them if they were not involved with lease agreements regarding easements, so many of the people were left out of the loop even though the towers would adversely affect their lives. It seems that the land owners who signed leases formed a "pool " orginaization to deal with the zoning and other dealings that would arise.
According to other citizens:
1. Lease signers are banned from discussing the terms of their leases due to a "gag" clause in their contracts. So much for transparancy.
2. Leases have been signed by land owners in Freesoil and CE, so this will not be the limit of these turbines. CE has plans to blanket the county with them.
No. 2 is why I titled this discussion as such.
Every independent study that stated adverse affects to real estate values and affect to human health were denied by CE experts. It truly was an amazing show.
Below are links to photos showing the beautiful vistas now to be seen in SW Mason county where these towers will be installed, a total of 59 I believe. These vistas are a part of the history and makeup of what makes this area a great place to be and they will be forever altered if these towers are allowed to be installed. If the link doesn't work then see the photos over in the photo section.
http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?scr...
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You know the most interesting thing about what is going on up in Arcadia? Were we not told that if we did not go along with the wind farms here there were plenty of counties down south who wanted them in there counties? Were we also not told the largest reason why our area was better was because it already had power line tie in points?? Were are any of those things in Acadia?
I believe the reason CMU is fighting the transparency of the FOIA requests is because they boldly show the downsides to the who idea of wind farms in rural MI where much of the economy is based on land vistas and hunting and such.
And as for Eyes comments both here and other forums I will address a couple just for fun.
"PS: I do not expect people to do anything they want on their property. But there is still dispute whether these things fit the appropriate zoning criteria or not. The courts may ultimately have to decide."
A very liberal to the point of being socialist point of view. Americans enjoy the right of true land ownership and doing as we want on that land this is one of the greatest freedoms and part of what makes the U.S.A. great
"I visited the McBain area when every turbine was spinning. There was no noise from even 300 feet. So I know for a fact that the noise issue remains unproven."
Were you downwind of those towers Eye? And usually in my own experience you hear them far more when the wind is gusting or changing direction much as when a motorcycle or truck uses its engine to slow down rather than braking.
And to paraphrase another sites entry it doesn't take a rocket scientist to read whats under our own noses here.
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