Just a reminder - please come if you're able.
More information here.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Monday, November 4th - be there!
From Kevon Martis:
Good afternoon ICC supporters and interested observers!
The plans for the AWEA protest Nov. 4th in East Lansing are coming along very nicely.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MI PROTEST EVENT OF THE LAST 6 YEARS! WE NEED YOUR VOICES!
Our friends in Huron County are trying to fill a bus for this event.
URGENT NEWS::
The speaker’s list for the AWEA event has been released. http://www.awea.org/events/Event.aspx?EventID=21506&SubSectionID=5633
The names there are the Who’s-who list of wind profiteers and opportunists in the State of Michigan- Rich VanderVeen who pushed the Gratiot County wind project, John Sarver who said “rural residents do not have a right to peace and quiet”, Rick Wilson of Heritage Energy, Patty Birkholz of MLCV, Doug Jester from 5 Lakes Energy, Chris Kolb of the Michigan Environmental Council- all the names that pushed the failed Proposal 3 ballot measure last year.
Our message to them is simple: NO MEANS NO!!!!
Steve Bakkal of the Michigan Energy Office and MPSC Commissioner John Quackenbush are also speaking. I have sent word to them that we are very troubled by their presence and hope that they will convey to the AWEA crowd that wind energy in Michigan is causing harm and devastating our rural communities. We have several folks who will be attending inside and taking notes. To date I have not received a response from their offices. I will keep you posted.
US Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee is scheduled to speak as well. I have placed a call in to his DC office asking for clarity on his position with respect to the Production Tax Credit for Wind Energy so that our protest could be properly targeted.
I have not yet received an answer. I have also asked that he cancel his appearance. We may need to take more action here. Keep your phone dialing fingers nimble and I will keep you posted.
Finally, Senator Debbie Stabenow is speaking as well. Our efforts to reach her on wind energy in the past have fallen upon deaf ears.
Finally, I spent all day in Lansing on Thursday. I spoke with many members of the Senate Energy and Tech Committee. I also visited members of the same committee but on the House side.
Our voices are being heard.
In the meantime, please take some time to start making protest signs for the event. Feel free to use the names of the AWEA speakers to inspire your efforts. We will again have IICC T-shirts for folks who wish to wear them. It would be good to have a few signs showing the names of which counties are represented.
Signs asking Governor Snyder to protect your communities from predatory wind developers or wind development are valuable as well.
And a few asking for the end of the PTC for wind energy are good..
We have folks traveling from OH, IN and hopefully Ontario to help us out.
I hope to see you all there.
Kevon
More information here.
Good afternoon ICC supporters and interested observers!
The plans for the AWEA protest Nov. 4th in East Lansing are coming along very nicely.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MI PROTEST EVENT OF THE LAST 6 YEARS! WE NEED YOUR VOICES!
Our friends in Huron County are trying to fill a bus for this event.
URGENT NEWS::
The speaker’s list for the AWEA event has been released. http://www.awea.org/events/Event.aspx?EventID=21506&SubSectionID=5633
The names there are the Who’s-who list of wind profiteers and opportunists in the State of Michigan- Rich VanderVeen who pushed the Gratiot County wind project, John Sarver who said “rural residents do not have a right to peace and quiet”, Rick Wilson of Heritage Energy, Patty Birkholz of MLCV, Doug Jester from 5 Lakes Energy, Chris Kolb of the Michigan Environmental Council- all the names that pushed the failed Proposal 3 ballot measure last year.
Our message to them is simple: NO MEANS NO!!!!
Steve Bakkal of the Michigan Energy Office and MPSC Commissioner John Quackenbush are also speaking. I have sent word to them that we are very troubled by their presence and hope that they will convey to the AWEA crowd that wind energy in Michigan is causing harm and devastating our rural communities. We have several folks who will be attending inside and taking notes. To date I have not received a response from their offices. I will keep you posted.
US Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee is scheduled to speak as well. I have placed a call in to his DC office asking for clarity on his position with respect to the Production Tax Credit for Wind Energy so that our protest could be properly targeted.
I have not yet received an answer. I have also asked that he cancel his appearance. We may need to take more action here. Keep your phone dialing fingers nimble and I will keep you posted.
Finally, Senator Debbie Stabenow is speaking as well. Our efforts to reach her on wind energy in the past have fallen upon deaf ears.
Finally, I spent all day in Lansing on Thursday. I spoke with many members of the Senate Energy and Tech Committee. I also visited members of the same committee but on the House side.
Our voices are being heard.
In the meantime, please take some time to start making protest signs for the event. Feel free to use the names of the AWEA speakers to inspire your efforts. We will again have IICC T-shirts for folks who wish to wear them. It would be good to have a few signs showing the names of which counties are represented.
Signs asking Governor Snyder to protect your communities from predatory wind developers or wind development are valuable as well.
And a few asking for the end of the PTC for wind energy are good..
We have folks traveling from OH, IN and hopefully Ontario to help us out.
I hope to see you all there.
Kevon
More information here.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Ruling
The Lansing State Journal published this today:
Judge voids township ordinances
The quotes from Bob Boettger are amazingly insensitive to his neighbors that are trying to protect our health and homes.
Kevon Martis commented online:
This alleged wind energy project has no application in for an interconnection agreement in MISO. Neither do they have a power purchase agreement with any utility or municipality. Both major utilities have adequate wind projects in the pipeline to meet he 10% rps. Further, Michigan's requirement for instate generation of renewable energy was pronounced unconstitutional this summer in federal appeals court. This wind project will never be cost competitive with wind from IA or MN. It is not in the ratepayer's interests to have this project go forward. I doubt it ever will. And I believe the townships will prevail upon appeal. Sadly, receiving justice often requires moving to a venue out of reach of the good old boy network.
Please support your township boards during the appeal process.
Judge voids township ordinances
The quotes from Bob Boettger are amazingly insensitive to his neighbors that are trying to protect our health and homes.
Kevon Martis commented online:
This alleged wind energy project has no application in for an interconnection agreement in MISO. Neither do they have a power purchase agreement with any utility or municipality. Both major utilities have adequate wind projects in the pipeline to meet he 10% rps. Further, Michigan's requirement for instate generation of renewable energy was pronounced unconstitutional this summer in federal appeals court. This wind project will never be cost competitive with wind from IA or MN. It is not in the ratepayer's interests to have this project go forward. I doubt it ever will. And I believe the townships will prevail upon appeal. Sadly, receiving justice often requires moving to a venue out of reach of the good old boy network.
Please support your township boards during the appeal process.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Locally and nationally
If you didn't see the article in the Lansing State Journal, here's what happened in court -
Judge delays ruling on Clinton County wind-energy project
This ABC article is also generating some interest -
Wind turbine syndrome blamed for mysterious symptoms in Cade Cod town
Judge delays ruling on Clinton County wind-energy project
This ABC article is also generating some interest -
Wind turbine syndrome blamed for mysterious symptoms in Cade Cod town
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Nov 4: East Lansing. Tell AWEA: Stop the lies!
See this link to the flyer: Tell AWEA: Stop the lies!
An excerpt from Kevon Martin:
Attached is the flyer for the upcoming IICC “Stop the Lies” rally in East Lansing November 4th.
We need as many people as possible to attend this event! ... The green industrialists are pulling out all the stops as they try to convince Governor Snyder that 30% renewable energy and its thousands of turbines and billions of expense is a reasonable and achievable goal.
It is the only way grassroots folks like us can get media attention … Further, as you can see from the press coverage of the AWEA protest in Columbus last month, we radically changed the nature of the debate: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/09/25/both-sides-dig-in-over-bill-to-change-ohios-renewable-energy-requirements.html
If IICC had not attended, the headlines would have been nothing but praise for AWEA and their bogus jobs and environmental claims.
It comes down to this: if we do not do it, no one else will. And if we do not speak up NOW, we may not get another chance.
As much as I wish I could, I cannot do anything for those communities that have been lost. But we can work together to protect one more community. And if just one state comes to its senses, we just may be able to start a ball rolling that will change the world.
Please, if you do nothing else for IICC this year - please find a way to attend the event next month. Just bring a couple friends and come down for a few hours or stay all day.
Please pass this flyer around and post it wherever you choose. It is no secret!
Tell AWEA: Stop the lies!
An excerpt from Kevon Martin:
Attached is the flyer for the upcoming IICC “Stop the Lies” rally in East Lansing November 4th.
We need as many people as possible to attend this event! ... The green industrialists are pulling out all the stops as they try to convince Governor Snyder that 30% renewable energy and its thousands of turbines and billions of expense is a reasonable and achievable goal.
It is the only way grassroots folks like us can get media attention … Further, as you can see from the press coverage of the AWEA protest in Columbus last month, we radically changed the nature of the debate: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/09/25/both-sides-dig-in-over-bill-to-change-ohios-renewable-energy-requirements.html
If IICC had not attended, the headlines would have been nothing but praise for AWEA and their bogus jobs and environmental claims.
It comes down to this: if we do not do it, no one else will. And if we do not speak up NOW, we may not get another chance.
As much as I wish I could, I cannot do anything for those communities that have been lost. But we can work together to protect one more community. And if just one state comes to its senses, we just may be able to start a ball rolling that will change the world.
Please, if you do nothing else for IICC this year - please find a way to attend the event next month. Just bring a couple friends and come down for a few hours or stay all day.
Please pass this flyer around and post it wherever you choose. It is no secret!
Tell AWEA: Stop the lies!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Friday
We received an email today that said Friday's hearing before Judge Tahvonen is not specifically about the appeal, but instead is about another motion for partial summary disposition on different counts.
The hearing on appeal will be held in Lansing at the Hall of Justice whenever it is ultimately scheduled. As far as the letter writer knows, the hearing has not yet been scheduled.
The hearing on appeal will be held in Lansing at the Hall of Justice whenever it is ultimately scheduled. As far as the letter writer knows, the hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Appeal court hearing - 9:00 a.m. Friday, Oct 18
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
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
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