If you and others don’t like this use for the land, buy it.
Funny how some here utterly despise government or HOA control of their properties, yet want to use the same methods when THEIR pet peeve gets some traction.
Yes, the representative’s corrupt practices should be investigated and prosecuted, but this is another NIMBY/BANANA situation as well.
JMHO, YMMV.
My Letter to the Editor ...
Put Solar Panels In Valleys
In regard to solar farms or solar
gardens in Eastern Pasco County.
This project itself is being
called “Mountain View” by Tampa
Electric, and the name itself tells us
the issue at hand.
We would love to have it in
our “backyard,” not our “front
hallway.” Hide solar in valleys
between hills is putting it in
the “backyard;” building on the
hillsides and hilltops is our “front
hallway.”
The best option for most
communities in locating solar
farms is to put them on the worst
land. Brownfields, former gravel
operations and buffer zones
between industrial and residential
areas all make good potential
solar sites. From the beautiful and
unspoiled hilltop one can see for
10 to 15 miles in any direction.
This installation will be a blot on
the landscape especially if allowed
on the ridges. [To build on] prime
hilltops [on some of] the top-ten
highest elevations (245’ ASL) in the
entire state of Florida is absolutely
an environmental crime.
Limiting the land elevation of
panels to be within 5 to 15 feet
above the water table is likely to
accomplish the goal of better hiding
the panels from view. TECO could
use the southern 100 acres of the
parcels listed. In this pastureland
one can easily keep the panels on
elevations below 135 ft ASL.
These parcels are:
20-24-21-0000-00200-0000 70 acres
20-24-21-0000-01100-0000 19 acres
20-24-21-0000-01200-0000 57 acres
As residents and voters in Pasco
County we ask that the county
approve these parcels and only
these parcels for solar development.
Do not grant approval to the
parcels traversing the hilltops and
hillsides.
George Dombrowski
Dade City