So, why not sue?
Sure sounds like a viable case to me. Doesn't cost that much to file a lawsuit; so why haven't you done it? This would be the perfect time; in fact, probably the only time it really makes sense ....SO JUST DO IT!
Sometimes if a cause is righteous, you have to lead the way and endless posting is wasted, so just find a lawyer or head to the law court and file the suit yourself...the clerk will help you. Ask Crocker if he will review the filing.
You've convinced me there was and is no 'emergency' that passes constitutional muster; so now you MUST sue to correct things. Blogging is useless.
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Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 1, 2013 at 4:46pm
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There are foresters in Maine trained to use this software. I'll contact Viles, U. Maine and the Forest Resources center to locate one who can supervise a team of volunteers to map out a wind farm site, access roads and transmission line corridors prior to assembling a data base on which the program runs.
In essence you're assessing the damage to the atmosphere from removing and suppressing the regrowth of carbon absorbing vegetation.
Luckily, it is possible to accurately estimate the lost biomass by historical GIS data.
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i-Tree - Tools for Assessing and Managing Community Forests
www.itreetools.org/i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools.
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Comment by Martha thacker on April 1, 2013 at 9:33am
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I like the idea of a student group. Would think there would be students who believed in justice there.
The people in Mars Hill , whose lives were so ruined by the wind farm close to them, hired a lawyer. He advised them to stay quiet . Coincidentally , this was the exact same thing that First Wind wanted. Several years and $5,000 dollars later they hired another lawyer. Finally they got a settlement..
People in general do not believe anymore that big corporations will provide them with honest work and honest wages.The time is more favorable for justice. When the first wind farms were built, it was easy for the wind farm corporations to bribe and spread misinformation. Now we have townships with shortfalls in their budgets who believed . And they have no way to explain unless they admit that they were wrong.
Carol Cowperwaite said , before the settlement, she had lived through a divorce, taught school and the wind farm was the hardest thing she had ever endured. Their house was a retirement dream. All their life's work.
Other residents around the Mars Hill wind farm said they used to see a lot of moose and other wild animals before the wind farm was built. They didn't see them like they had before. The Mars Hill wind farm makes a lot of noise. I have not heard any complaints from the people who live very close to Stetson I. There aren't many people there, but the ones who are would be vocal. Stetson I is using power , not producing it. And our electricity bills have gone up to pay for transmission lines so Stetson can be a producer. After the hearings and uproar from the people , maybe they will be built in a year or two. Stetson I was finished in 2008, the turbines only last 20 years.
First Wind , in their SEC report , states that lack of room on the grid works in their favor. Yet, in the hearing between US govt and FERC, they stated that the transmission lines would be up in 2011. The same thing was stated about Cohocton wind farm in NY. The transmission lines would be up in 2011. Which is it? The people who live in Cohocton found out there was no room on the grid. The people in Mars Hill found out their power went to Canada.
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I guess because I went to an activist law school I fail to see why you are all so tentative about such an issue of great concern. I'd strongly urge you to contact the USM law school and find out whether there is student group that can prepare the filing; MHPC is another resource. Start asking lawyers for their advice; and if you just decide to 'do it', go to the court and find out from the clerk how to make a filing and get it on the docket.
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Comment by Donald Moore on March 31, 2013 at 6:33pm
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I agree, lets get an opinion from a constitutional lawyer...who knows, maybe there is someone that might see this as viable and be willing evaluate its merits.
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Comment by Norman Mitchell on March 31, 2013 at 3:03pm
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Ive played with courts before its nice to think like you , but there is no justice for the poor it takes money now if we were to get a fund going and take up a collection to hire a lawyer we might have something I posted this to alert people so people will we band together and stop this or not ?
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It would have to be a class action. So far, I am the only person who is interested. Sometimes ideas are thrown out before a massive movement starts. Brainstorming..
In the past, it was only people who lived close to wind farms who were even interested in the subject. If transmission lines are going to be built in southern Maine, the number of people interested will grow. They will live closer together , so there will be more word of mouth.
There is a reason that wind farm corporations build in areas that are low income and elderly . That demographic is also changing as the race is on before the subsidies run out. So there are several reasons for a class action lawsuit now as opposed to 3 years ago.
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Comment by Long Islander on March 30, 2013 at 12:22pm
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I'm guessing you are referring to:
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-wind-law-is-uncon...
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