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July 27, 2010
Whether I like the windmills or not is a moot point. I recognize that
and have been trying to stay away from the topic for that reason.
I will admit that I do not find them the least bit attractive and the
project’s front people, like all front people, promised whatever
they thought the people wanted to hear and then broke the
promises. As an example, their promise to paint the windmills a
color that would tend to blend into the skyline proved to be just
so much wind.
The problem I am currently having is that like them or not they are
here and those who live in the town of Burney and Johnson Park are the
ones that have to live with them, not the people who live in
Cassel, Hat Creek, Old Station or elsewhere.
A lot of money was promised and delivered to smooth the project’s
approval. That money was divvied up, a third going to education in the
area, a third going toward projects to help the communities from Round
Mountain to the Lassen County line. A third was also set aside to
benefit the citizens of Burney because of the impact the project had on
the community.
The County will undoubtedly get as much if not more in tax revenue than
what the grant provides. The citizens of Cassel, Hat Creek and Old
Station are not directly impacted day in and day out as Burney is.
The projects currently being discussed at the Chamber of Commerce
facilitated meetings are all worthy projects, just as some of the
county’s projects, but I submit that the county can use the increase in
tax revenue for the county backed projects. The Communities of Cassel,
Hat Creek and Old Station, including fire companies and fire safe
councils can compete with others for the ongoing monies from the other
monies set aside.
The county money should go directly to projects in the towns of
Burney and Johnson Park and possibly indirectly benefit the other
communities, not the other way around..
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