Request for financial Aid
Dear Friends and Family,
As the President of Friends of Spruce Mountain it falls upon my shoulders to inform you as where we stand with our Appeal.
The DEP, did not acknowledge our concerns about the Spruce Mountain Wind Project. I am convinced that LD2283 has left their hands tied and they cannot legally say no to these projects. They are working with what they have been given, which is not much thanks to Ex- Governor Baldacci’s task force. This task force was made up of groups looking for Federal dollars and made sure that they, Nature Conservancy’s, Money Investors, and it was even suggested that the Spain Mafia has ties to all this wind turbine business. No matter who is behind it, we need $10,000 to be able to take this situation to Superior Court. I need all of you to dig deep in your pockets or find someone who has deep pockets that is willing to donate for our court case. I cannot give any guarantees that we will win this case. I can only tell you that we are fighting to have LD2283 over- turned in Augusta and by filing our case we will buy time to see that changes are made before this project gets started. We have many Bills being put before the legislature and I believe it is a matter of time that, we will make the changes necessary to save our mountains of Maine. I sat in Superior Court for the Oakfield and Roxbury Appeal. There has not been a decision made on this, yet. We are awaiting the court’s decision. It will influence how this case is dealt with, that is if it goes that far. Rufus Brown, our Attorney, was notified that our project would be the first to go to the BEP. I was there for that meeting and so was our town manager. Vern, was/is very concerned about whether this project gets going. The BEP also came to the same conclusion: They have no power to change the laws at this time, but we will be going back to debate and petition for changes at the DEP and BEP level, concerning wind turbines, distances from people, ect. We can only try and reverse the damage that has been done by seeing that the laws are reversed in our favor. Our quality of life is being invaded by machines that will destroy our peace of mind and joy of life. We settled in these mountains to be spared of the hectic world of traffic noise, airplanes and city lights. Please find a way for us to save our community from the disaster this project brings to Woodstock. Rufus Brown needs to file this Appeal by March 10, 2011. I have held off telling him that we won’t be able to file. I believe in Miracles and right now we need a great big on. Reality says we won’t be able to challenge Patriot Renewables, yet, if we all pull together we can and will make this happen. Donations can be sent to our Secretary/Treasurer. You will find the information on our website;
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Comment by alice mckay barnett on March 1, 2011 at 8:15pm
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creator we pray
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i am thinking raffle spruce mountain painting. travel til its paid fot,.. nobody really wants it.
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leola I have a hundred dollar bill I received for snow plowing my neighbors. It is yours now.
I will send it on.. We need to believe in miracles.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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