Community anger is the latest reason proponent NextEra can’t find a place for its public presentation
By DEBORA VAN BRENK, The London Free Press
Amy Chan has owned a restaurant around Strathroy for 24 years, but it wasn’t until now that she felt compelled to cancel a booking for fear of protests. Chan has never seen an issue rock rural Ontario like the coming of industrial wind turbines. So when her staff took a booking for her banquet hall at Amy’s from the continent’s largest wind company, NextEra Energy, to presents its plan on July 12, she phoned them back to cancel.
“People protesting — it wouldn’t be good,” Chan told The Free Press Friday. Bookings have been light so far in Chan’s new hall in Adelaide Metcalfe Township, but Chan is focused on keeping in the good graces of neighbours. “This is a very small town. People are happy — we hardly have any issues, but this time it seems they are very angry.”
That anger has boiled up often. Mayor David Bolton twice calling police to stop citizens from videotaping council meetings — an issue resolved in the favour of citizens. And the Liberals lost many rural seats in last October’s Ontario election. Read article
Why don’t they hold their meetings at Queen’s Park where nobody that “believes in Democratic Process” is allowed to enter!!!!!!………………when will this “Farce of a Government” be thrown out in the trash?
Why don’t they put up one of those big tents in a farmer’s field with a few IWTs for a backdrop? Least then folks can see what they’re in for and can “size” up the situation first hand. Not surprised that NextEra can find a venue in the area. Can’t they get the message that NOBODY wants them and their ITWs around here?
OH, by the way McGunity we want to take you up on your promise to not put IWT’s in communities where they’re not wanted. Sorry, my mistake, I just realized that was just another of your countless lies.
I was thinking the same thing, Jack.
So true– Nextera has a difficult time finding a location left in Adelaide-Metcalfe to host a meeting because NOBODY WANTS THEM. Hear that Dalton?
At project grand openings the wind turbines are shut down so guest attendees won’t have any idea of how they actually sound.
I also know of a local guy who was selling his home and every single time he had a showing the turbines were shut down. What are the chances? Coincidence? Hardly…
And they are not safe to be that close to them during the grand opening!
This is the same action taken for all of the early projects, too. Enbridge had all turbines scaled down when Smitherman showed up. Ripley had a generator running the one turbine since none were running on the day of the grand opening. Kingsbridge I shut down as did all of the others when the MOE and Hydro One started checking 2007—>20?? and on and on. Fight like H_ _ _.
All of the personal hours upon days upon weeks upon months upon years WILL make a difference. Keep firing of the faxes , hand written and emailed letters . Keep educating your council, city friends, neighbours and business associates. Back copy every possible Min. that is suppose to be doing their job. Always insist on a “timely 5 business day reply”. Keep your records. At some point in time your evidence will be used.There should be a public inquiry into the IWT industry and the multiple layers of manipulation .Enough is enough!
The GEA must be revamped.
March, attend rallies, open houses, information sessions , road side info or anything else you can attend. Support other actions in the area, province, country and world wide.
Make the FEDS as responsible since it has been our taxes from Ottawa that is part of the seed money. Challenge the confidence in their proposed health study.There will be a constitutional challenge at some point
And as Barb, Esther, Bill, Colette and many,many, many other do each day EXPOSE the money connections or any other misuse of public funds or public trust and share what you find.
Just ranting, venting and hopefully inspiring all to fight on……