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Falmouth Wind Turbines June 18 Safety Vs Finances
Falmouth Wind 1 turbine has no permits to be justifiably in operation. The turbine is a nuisance and hinders safety and health.
Falmouth Wind Turbines June 18 Safety Vs Finances
On June 18 a Barnstable Superior Court judge is going to be asked to distinguish between public safety and town finances
The Town of Falmouth enacted the wind turbine zoning bylaw 240-166 to protect all its citizens. All town zoning bylaws are approved by the Massachusetts Attorney General and are enforceable in court. The purposes of this Zoning By- Law is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of all the citizens of Falmouth.
The Massachusetts Superior Court has decided the Town of Falmouth broke its own wind turbine zoning bylaw 240-166
Bylaw 240-166 is much more restrictive requiring more protections for the neighbors of wind projects and all the citizens of Falmouth
Zoning bylaws require that residents have due process or the legal requirement that the town or state must respect the legal rights of residential home owners. The Falmouth wind turbines are a nuisance that is a well established fact.
The turbines should never have been built and currently do not have the Special Permit 240-166 required by law. They continue to operate outside the law.
The Town of Falmouth had been made aware it needed a Special Permit in wind studies prepared for the town and the Cape Cod Commission model bylaws yet went forward ignoring its own bylaws.
On June 18th a Barnstable Superior Court judge is going to be looking at the Falmouth wind turbines again. The judge will be asked to define and guarantee fundamental fairness, justice, and liberty of all Falmouth residents. The judge will be asked to ensure public safety.
The state and local governments must not be unfair to the people or abuse them mentally or physically.
The most recent Falmouth Select Board meeting discussed applying for a Special Permit and the financial aspects of the wind turbines including the payments of bonds etc. The board discussed the monetary aspects as if a financial hardship was about to ensue the town on June 18. There was no discussion of the health and welfare of the citizens of Falmouth in regards to the current operations of the turbines.
There is no question the Town of Falmouth broke the law. The citizens of Falmouth need to be made aware of how this happened.
Money is the root of all evil. Money has put ahead of public safety for the well being of the select few.
The Town was aware prior to the installations ( August 3,2010 Vestas Noise Warning Letter ) that the town had been made aware previously the turbines produce 110 decibels of noise almost twice the manufactures specifications.
The Falmouth Select Board needs to explain in court and to the general public why this letter has never been made public and why it took a recent Freedom of Information Act for the town to produce the letter.
A memo, April 2,2013, was received from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center by the Town of Falmouth that the commissioned feasibility study for Falmouth over-estimated the likely acoustic impact, that study did not include a detailed acoustic analysis based upon sampling of ambient acoustic conditions . Why has this never been made public at a Select Board Meeting ?
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in the Falmouth wind study dropped the reference to “ human annoyance” found in all the boiler plate studies for commercial wind turbines prior to the Falmouth installations.Why was the reference dropped.
The state of Massachusetts found the wind turbines out of regulatory noise compliance.
Nils Bolgen the wind turbine project manager for the MassCEC said in June of 2013 the Falmouth wind turbine were installed “Ad Hoc” and now looks at setbacks of 2000 feet and further from property lines.
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center gave Falmouth one million dollars in advance to buy the wind turbines.The same semi quasi has now provided Falmouth with 1.8 million to help pay related litigation fees while not paying the victims legal fees victimizing the victims again.
The residents of Falmouth have never had a clear answer to the question of the 6 million dollars in stimulus funds used to build the wind turbines was it a loan or was it a grant ?
General Electric a domestic wind turbine company refused to place wind turbines in Falmouth because of setback issues. ARRA stimulus funds were used to purchase a foreign Vestas wind turbine bypassing the special permit process.
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Recently as uncovered by the Boston Herald Governor Patrick and his administration placed as much as 27 million in off budget accounts. The accounts include monies from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative known today as the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. The accounts include federal stimulus funds.
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative known today as the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center was the original owner of the Falmouth Wind 1 turbine.
On June 18th a Barnstable Superior Court judge is going to be asked to shut down the Falmouth Wind 1 turbine.
At this point any reasonable person would require the Town of Falmouth shut down the turbine until they can obtain the Special Permit 240-166.
The citizens of Falmouth need to understand the financial fiasco created by ignoring its own basic laws to protect its own citizens.
Falmouth residents have been denied negative information regarding the installations of these turbines. It’s called lying by omission.
The citizens need to hold their elected officials responsible to produce all the information for a Special Permit. The information should include both negative and positive information
Shut down the turbine until the health, safety and general welfare of all the citizens of Falmouth is guaranteed
