This letter was published in the Clinton County News. Please attend if you're able!
Support the townships' appeal
I would like to thank the Bengal, Dallas, and Essex township boards for their leadership in voting to appeal Circuit Judge Tahvonen’s July 30 decision in the Clinton County wind farm case. Tahvonen ruled that the PPOs put in place by these townships to mitigate the impacts on their rural constituents of a $120 million wind farm project of thirty nine 427 feet tall turbines were not valid and could not be enforced. If allowed to stand, this ruling will not only throw out much in the three township ordinances, but will serve as the precedent for what Forest Hill Energy-Fowler Farms LLC can and cannot do, not only in these three townships, but in other county townships also.
Many Clinton County residents support wind energy production in the county but feel it should be safe with payments from its production going to all county residents, not just to those who own the property where the wind turbines are sited.
Clinton County residents can show their support for the leadership demonstrated by our local leaders in appealing the decision by attending the appeal court hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Clinton County Court House.
Rene P. Rosenbaum
