Misty IV

The battle continues, and it does seem all those politicians have hit a BIG wall in getting the projects to go through. A huge plus for us who oppose the pinwheels! I received this Email from one of my neighbors at the lakehouse and asked I pass it along to all of you. Mr. Aliasso is the real thing; he does not like the corruption, nor does he like the idea of property value decline, and destruction of environment and aesthetics. If you have an interest, donations requested will be used effectively and at "strategic targets", most bang for the buck. Remember, if wind energy can be stopped, or reformed in Jefferson County, we will be saved a whole world of hurt on the lake. *********************************************** Ladies and Gentlemen We are at our next tee in the road, and have in front of us some of the biggest challenges yet. Galloo Island was a hard battle and relatively inexpensive in actual money invested by the Coalition. The Town of Henderson has invested US$100,000 for a lawsuit, and the Coalition collectively spent about US$15,000 in advertisements’. In doing the advertisements, we started to educate the public of the evils of all wind projects that are ready to attack our shorelines. We have advertisements’ ready to start and enrage the public on the inadequacies of the elected officials that allowing NYPA attack us, as well as on on-shore projects in the Cape and lower St. Lawrence River. To do this, we need the same energy x2 we invested to oppose the Galloo Project. We will also require greater financial backing. I am asking each of you to dig deeply and donate US$10 to US$100 or more. I pledge to personally match the first US$1,000. I also ask other benefactors to step forward and also pledge matching donations. This is a long-road, and we have just started our journey – with increased awareness, and your continued support we will get to our destination. It is essentially important that each of you continue to educate the public, and our elected officials. Now more than ever, we need transparency, professionalism and factual discussion. Thank you each for you continued support, and we hope we can count on you for financial backing as well. Donations can be made by check, or online. IF BY CHECK HHACC-EDC The Coalition PO Box 468 Henderson Harbor, NY 13650 IF ONLINE www.PreserveTheGoldenCrescent.com and follow instructions after selection the Contribute Tab (Green Icon upper right) Thank you. Bob Ashodian – once the first US$1,000 is contributed from today, let me know, and I will hand deliver a check. Rob Aliasso Co-Chair The Coalition for the Preservation of the Golden Crescent and the 1000 Islands Region [email protected] Cell +1 (315) 771-9753 Home +1 (315) 938-7553 www.PreserveTheGoldenCrescent.com

I received this link to an article in the Post-Standard on the windfarm projects in Cape Vincent and the opposition to them. VERY INTERESTING reading!!! http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/windmills_stir_up_a_storm_in_c.html

I agree - very sad day, indeed. What were these politicians thinking anyway? Oh, wait, that's right. They don't think when there is large $$$$ in it for them. I'm still not giving up on this, though. I continue to write my representatives and continue to get different replies from them. All the ones I am in contact with in Oswego County are 100% AGAINST the windfarm project. I hope they manage to put a stop to it before it is too late. I am not ready to sell my boat.....

Here's another valuable website with a lot of good information. Well worth reading!!! http://pandorasboxofrocks.blogspot.com/

I sent an Email to Shawn Doyle and received a reply from him the following morning. He is very much against the windfarm project and promises to do everything in his power to stop it from becoming a reality. Nice to know we have some strong backing from the local county representatives.

My neighbor at the lake was able to attend the meeting and sent me the following information. Please take the time to send an email to Mr. Shawn Doyle, expressing our displeasure with the windfarm project. He is the best apparent contact for Oswego County and is the next line of defense as this "disaster" works its way down the eastern shore. My neighbor mentioned that Shawn Doyle has received many emails from property owners, but has had very little feedback from boaters and fishermen AND he is requesting input from us!!! Shawn's email address is: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The meeting was attended by about 150 people, most from inland properties (farmland) that will be crossed (with eminent domain) by transmission lines. The priorities of this meeting were for these inland people, and the actions and methods of the resistance to our north. There were about a dozen politicians and other local government people there, including the younger Mr. Barclay and our Legislator Shawn Doyle. Politicians in N. Osw. Co. do not want the overland transmission lines, so far. They are working with similarly minded pols and citizens in Jeff. Co. Whatever the viewpoint, having political and private citizen stakeholders there was constructive and instructive to all attending. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! *******************One extremely important fact that came up in a discussion with one of the Northern people was VERY pertinent to our situation in Richland. Seasonal residents VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL, LOCAL ELECTION AND ELECTED ONE OF THEIR OWN! Don't know about you, while it makes sense, I didn't think we could vote in Richland before this meeting. As long as you own property and pay taxes you can vote in local elections, including absentee ballots. This makes it possible for us to fight any number of issues that affect us; i.e. assessments, taxes, and other general Town actions (or inactions) that effect us negatively. Point here is, if we voted as a block we can defeat anyone that does not represent our interests. That potential threat will get us much more than futile protests at the next assessment increase. I suspect that this year's elections will have proposals for Richland/Oswego Co. that will effect our taxes, and who knows what else. The other issue that was in the forefront and we can expect down the road, was the conflict of interest and corruption of local officials up north. Their legislature is in conflict against the local developmental board that is trying to get a 20 year pilot for the Galloo Is. project; i.e. tax free for developers for 20 years. That's on top of 30% paid by Stimulus, plus State Grants, and whatever they can get from Obama's Great Lakes Initiative (AT LEAST $$30 million for NY/Lake Ontario Shoreline). This has become a colossal bag of free money for these developers, investors and their political "friends", and ALL OF IT IS OUR TAX DOLLARS (STATE AND FEDERAL). These developers are FOREIGN and depend on our tax dollars for immediate profit, as their incentive to proceed. Another problem is that there are no existing "wind laws" here, and believe it or not, the new ones in Jeff. Co. have been co-written with/by the developers; i.e. conflict of interest??? Another site to check out (I haven't as yet) is [email protected]; & preservationofthegoldencrescent which thus far is the best and most useful for tools and info. In general, Osw. Co. is only starting to take official notice of the wind energy movement on/in Lake Ontario. Primarily it will effect Richland/Pulaski at present. Once they have their foot in the door the developers (3 FOREIGN, OFFSHORE CORP.) it will not take long for them to start (if not already), to work on the powers that be, to industrialize the east end of Lake Ontario. Note; New York Power Authority and DEC, being both NYS gov't entities, are working together on this, and pushing it forward. The State owns the bottom of the Lake once you leave the shoreline, and needs their cut of the federal monies coming this way. WE WILL BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT unless we are engaged from the start!! Keep your eyes on this issue, it's coming and will have a profound, negative effect on our property values (WITHOUT a decrease in our assessments, as is).

For anyone interested in attending, there will be a special meeting held in Pulaski regarding the windfarm issues. The meeting will be held this Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the Pulaski Court House from 10am-12pm. All parties are strongly encouraged to attend. There is strong opposition to the farms from the residents to the north in Jefferson County, and this meeting will help to strengthen the opposition to the windfarms. Again, everyone is encouraged to attend, if at all possible. Homeowners, fishermen, charter captains, anyone!!!

I started reading through sections of the Hounsfield Impact Report, and it is VERY disturbing. Regardless of when they do the blasting, they do recognize there is the risk of major fish deaths due to the blasts. Some sections acknowledge the aquatic life will be destroyed, but "it will regrow soon after the blasting". Someone obviously did a lot of research on the impact of putting these pinwheels in and the facts are there in black and white. Why are these politicians not recognizing this and accepting the impact to the Lake, fishery and aquatic life WILL be catastrophic? Oh, that's right...they're only in it for the money!!! Write your local representatives!!! I did and have gotten replies from him directly. My rep is 100% against this and has promised me he will do everything in his power to stop this project from happening...not just to the Mexico Bay area, but lake-wide!