Wind farm topic causes turmoil

Wind farm topic causes turmoil
When a town board schedules a meeting on a Saturday and so many people show up, you know it's a big issue: wind farms.
June 4, 2006 by Brian Dwyer in News10now
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They have them in Lowville, and they'll soon be in Cape Vincent.

Depending on who you ask, you'll get a different answer as to where they should go.


The town board is considering a law requiring them to be 1,600 feet away from the riverfront district.


Those living on the water don't like it, and they say it's way too close and would ruin their property.


"What are you creating? Not a few isolated windmills, towers, or turbines, but 150 of them. It'll desecrate the landscape for generations to come. I don't want to look at them," one discouraged community member said.


But for some, they see what is happening in Lowville.


The alternative energy, combined with the tax money coming in, sounds like a good way to keep their taxes down.


Farmers are even asking that the towers be built closer than 1,600 feet away