Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Government at Work - on Windmills in Michigan
Try this one, and wonder if this could happen near you...
Jack Spenser posted this at MichiganCapitolConfidential.com:
"In February, Lake Township voters struck down a zoning ordinance that would allow wind turbines to operate near their homes by better than a 61 percent to 39 percent margin. Yet, there's a good chance township residents will have to live next to the turbines anyway. On May 21, the Lake Township board began a process to transfer about 4,000 acres to a neighboring township (Chandler), which has zoning that allows wind turbines. There is no way Lake Township voters could stop the transfer if the township officials go through with the process because of the way a Public Act is being used to facilitate the process. The timetable for doing the transfer could be accomplished within less than two months. 'We said 'no' when we voted on it,' said Tony Kanyak, a Lake Township farmer. 'It was turned down by the voters. Now a select few are doing it anyway. It's a dictatorship. Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and this is wrong.'"