One of the first steps the Ontario government took when they pursued this path of wind power was they took the power away from the municipalities to say no to IWTs...sad to say but there is no zoning issue on the table to deal with. Literally, all person and municipal rights have been stripped away.
IN has done this to municipalities over fossil fuel production. It only takes one more step to keep that local power from having a say on wind.
What was truly dissapointing, was that none of our state and federal elected officeholders would lift a finger to help us stop them. “Local Issue”, they all said.
Problem was, Big Blow rolls into town and steamrolls the rubes with big promises, “helping” the locals write the wind ordinances.
In our case, one of the commissioners was to directly benefit from leases on his family farm. He’s the only pro-wind elected official now left in the county. His term comes up next year. The rest got primaried out of a job.
Oh...BTW....they were all Republicans. But despite the families torn apart over the battle, many friends and allies were made across the political aisle in opposition to irresponsible local government.