‘Let the coal dust fall on somebody else’s home’
      Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Town Council and copied to the Jamestown Press. This letter serves as my resignation from the Jamestown Wind Energy Committee. I do not support the current Town Council’s decision to prevent the voters of Jamestown from deciding on the benefi ts of installing a wind turbine at Ft. Getty.
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Wind turbine assertions are ‘undocumented and speculative’
      After reading a number of letters to the Press questioning the Town Council’s judgment in approving only one site, Taylor Point, for the proposed siting of a wind turbine, I feel that I need to dispel some of the rumors, myths and misrepresentations in the letters and a committee member’s resignation letter.
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Voting process prompts resignation
      Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Town Council and copied to the Jamestown Press. I hereby resign from all my town positions, including the Jamestown Wind Energy Committee and the Jamestown Zoning Board of Review, effective immediately.
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It’s time for Hess to withdraw proposal
      “The times, they are a changing” was an iconic line from a popular Bob Dylan song of the 1960s. Then and now, agile adaptation to the forces of change is a must for any successful organization. However, Amerada Hess/Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC doesn’t appear to be one of these.
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Thanks to public works crews
      During the heavy rain storms this past weekend, I realized I needed to express my long overdue thanks to all of the Public Works people who worked very hard last summer to fix the drainage problems on Watson Avenue. You guys rock!
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Put the windmill up in my yard
      What gives with Councilors Schnack, Murphy and Bowen voting against a windmill at Ft. Getty? I thought I was voting for good old native common sense in the last election. There is one overriding problem in this country today – our reliance on foreign energy!
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