DISGUSTING: 171 Pages of Former Senate President Justin Alfond's Emails to and from the Maine Wind Industry

 

DISGUSTING: 171 Pages of Former Senate President Justin Alfond's Emails to and from the Maine Wind Industry
The following links will take you to 171 pages of emails sent back and forth between then Senate President Justin Alfond and the wind "industry", their lawyers, etc.

These were obtained by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting via a Freedom of Access Act request and resulted in the following report by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting: http://pinetreewatchdog.org/ld-1750-a-study-in-how-special-interest...

Click here to read the emails and take good notes - everyone of us has a different knowledge base and what many might miss, might result in someone else exclaiming Eureka! Who knows what we may unearth:

 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1387086-alfond-ld-1750-docu...

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https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1387086/alf...

 

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Why was Justin Alfond lurking in the back of the AGRICULTURAL Committee all day yesterday?

Justin Alfond was lurking in the back of the AGRICULTURE Committee all day...even after 5 pm. Why? Because his district in Portland has Agriculture issues???  No. 
To pressure his D members to vote against LD 828, citizens' rights.

Final vote: all the Ds voted against.

CORRECTION: Rep. Ralph Chapman, a Democrat, voted with us. One Republican, Rep. Don Marean, voted against us.

 

Meanwhile: 

May 13, 2015

It's now over four months since the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting ratted out Justin Alfond in the following article and not a peep from the Maine media.

http://pinetreewatchdog.org/ld-1750-a-study-in-how-special-interest...

Think of all the far less important news coverage you see every day and ask yourself the question - why does the Justin Alfond wind industry story not interest the press?

Also, be sure to at least skim some of the 171 pages of love notes between Alfond and his windy paramours. The links to these are below:

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Justin Alfond - Three Weeks After the First Wind Story

Feb 1, 2015, Super Bowl Sunday - Three Weeks Now: Has anyone heard a peep about the Justin Alfond wind story in the press since Ms. Schalit's article?

Step Down Senator.

Browne, First Wind’s lawyer, sent Alfond suggested text for an amendment. Alfond ultimately adopted it,changing nothing in the 248 words she supplied.

Lexington Township resident Michka reflected on how hard it has been for citizens like him to gain traction in the statehouse.

Michka said, “I will tell you one thing that a legislator said to me, a Democratic legislator. He told me, ‘We don’t want you here. We say we do, we act like we do and we welcome you, but in truth we don’t want you here. In truth you clog up the works and make us feel bad. We don’t analyze bills so much as we rationalize.’

“If democracy is about citizens,” said Michka, “then this isn’t really democracy.”

The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is a nonpartisan, non-profit news service based in Augusta. Email: pinetreewatchdog@gmail.com. Web: www.pinetreewatchdog.org.

Please read the entire piece here:

http://pinetreewatchdog.org/ld-1750-a-study-in-how-special-interest...

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 7, 2015 at 10:20am

If you wish to download the 178 page document and can not from the link, try this location.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0qFMC8OT2eXajlWNmlOZFlWQ0E/view?u...

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 7, 2015 at 9:40am

I am Agreeable with you Whetstone_Willy.... It is the least that Should be done

The 2008 Wind Energy statute, was a Quick Fix statute based on fear, and the desire to do an "environmentally good deed" not on provable science, facts or potential results. Surely not on Democracy from the people, only of its un or under informed representation. (some seeking personal gains)

A Moratorium to revisit, modify or repeal, the current statutes is due....... this would be a better democratic way and could bring resolution to the Quick Fix (defective) attempt. Though corporations aided in creating, they are NOT persons, nor citizens of this State. Thus they should have no voice without provable, reviewable facts of science to back them up. 5-10 years of review may be in order for this moratorium. 

Comment by Art Brigades on January 7, 2015 at 9:40am

Click on the link and read all 178 pages of sneaky correspondence among the players.  It's disgusting.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 7, 2015 at 9:14am

[Food for Thought]

Democracy is a long process, stemming from a well informed citizenry. By well informed I mean they need to have all the facts..... based on the Truths of sciences or situations at hand, or predictable. Representative Democracy only provides for Quick Fixes of a situation. Allowing the People to vote on a final resolution, after having gained FULL knowledges, with comprehension of their resulting action is responsible Democracy. A Republic is the collective of laws created by the democratic process of utilizing Democracy from an openly informed citizenry. A Good Republic, protects Democracy, and is only maintained by a Good Democracy.  Unfortunately, The Supreme Court, not a part of government, established for the sole purpose resolving state differences in laws to allow interstate commerce to flourish, has through interpretation of the constitution, by a limited number of people in an undemocratic method from states or citizenry, found 14 times over history personhood of corporations. These Corporations of personhood, are viewing themselves to have a right to a democratic voice within our government to modify laws to suit their needs. They, through the eventuality of again reaching the U.S. Supreme court will eventually win again. The Supreme Court has time and time again overstepped its legal purpose of resolving issues between states and corporations for the purpose of interstate commerce through interpretation of law and applying it to practice vs suggesting that the democratic process be followed to bring forth laws that may be needed. The Supreme Court throughout history has taken upon itself to attempt to eliminate democracy by ruling in favor for corporations, moreso than States rights, or their citizens rights to undergo a democratic decision process. Corporations have proven, they can out wait us and eventually Nudge the laws to favor their needs at any level of government. They have the ability to fund long legal battles through our labor, or our tax incentives, to work against us. And will do so, so long as they can misinform us and retain a voice within the halls of our governments. "Become Informed" !  This is their worst fear. They know they can not succeed with half truths or untruths when facts and knowledge about those facts prove them wrong. Our political leaders should not apply Quick Fixes without allowing for the ability to seek out a democratic solution based on facts.

Comment by Whetstone_Willy on January 7, 2015 at 9:13am

In light of this bombshell, it is time to declare an immediate moratorium and a Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Law geared to removing all obstacles to fairness, restoring citizens' rights and putting every citizen-sponsored wind bill that was choked by the industry-controlled EUT Committee before the full legislature for a vote. An end to this industry, reparations and an apology to the people of the state by the EUT is in order.

Comment by Steve Thurston on January 7, 2015 at 8:58am

I left this comment on Naomi's facebook page:

Phenomenal piece of reporting.   I have never seen a man work as hard, and as trustingly in the process, as Alan Michka.  Citizens are like road kill to the wind industry and its waterboys in the legislature.  Baldacci and Angus King are responsible for the destruction of Maine's landscape with thousands of monstrous wind machines.  Angus primed the pump with his dog and pony shows promoting his personal wind agenda and Baldacci greased the skids with the Governor's "Emergency" 2008 Wind Law.    NRCM, Sierra Club, Audubon - all suck on the wind industry tit.  Wind power is the worst mistake in Maine's history.  (Oh, right, I forgot, we're "saving the planet".)

Comment by Art Brigades on January 7, 2015 at 8:25am

Also, the version that appears in the newspapers contains far less narrative of the political maneuvering.

Comment by Art Brigades on January 7, 2015 at 8:18am

The article appeared in several newspapers, including the Portland Press Herald.  But the pinetreewatchdog edition is the one to read because it links to the slimy email encounters. 

Comment by Penny Gray on January 7, 2015 at 8:04am

Wow.  Alan Michka's comment just about sums it up.  This isn't really democracy.

 

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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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"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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