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Longview man with windmill takes city to task over charges
KATUnews.com ^ | 5/10/2012 | Thom Jensen,

Posted on 05/10/2012 7:25:10 PM PDT by Baynative

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Ken Spring of Longview says he does everything by the book.

He said all the buildings on his neatly tended property in Cowlitz County are permitted and he always tries to abide by the law.

But he also said he is willing to fight to keep a newly built, 30-foot tall windmill on his land.

“You'll find this hard to believe, but I'll die for that,” he said as the windmill spun around overhead. “I am fed up.”

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To: Baynative

No, the county council wasn’t anticipating people moving off the grid. The individlual windmills were mostly to run filter systems for ponds and things like that. No one was actually anticipating moving off the grid. The windmills that they wanted to build were not big enough for that. It was actually one of the county council members who wanted to erect a windmill on her own property to run the filter system on her pond that forced the vote.


41 posted on 05/12/2012 9:58:20 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Baynative

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42 posted on 05/21/2012 7:48:10 AM PDT by TEXOKIE
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To: TEXOKIE; Admin Moderator
Tex:HuffPo hates to post articles like this.

MOD - why is Agenda 21 opposition not considered activism?

43 posted on 05/21/2012 8:05:58 AM PDT by Baynative (REMEMBER: Without America there is no free world!)
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