Former Falmouth SB Candidate Speaks Out On Wind Turbine Fiasco

Former Falmouth SB Candidate Speaks Out On Wind Turbine Fiasco

Falmouth, Massachusetts USA

July 19, 2017

Former Falmouth Select Board Candidate & Town Meeting Member Dave Moriarty Speaks Out On Wind Turbine Fiasco

In 2011 Dave Moriarty ran for Selectman and was asked the following questions:

Why are you running for selectman: I’m running because I think my message is finally reaching the people of Falmouth. They’re finally hip to the fact that their town government isn’t working for them. It seems like the only way a citizen can get the town’s attention these days is by filing a lawsuit.

What are the major issues facing the town today : We have three failed municipal projects: the high school, the wind turbines, and the water pressure out at Ballymeade. We can’t do anything right. This has been the decade from you-know-where, and it’s time to move forward. It’s time to learn from our mistakes, reorganize, regroup and head into the 21st century with a positive attitude.

What do you think the role of a selectman is, and what qualities and skills do you have to do the job: I believe the role of the selectman is to make serious decisions and plan for the future and correct any shortfalls and shortcomings that may arise. What I’ve noticed about the town in the last decade is that nobody has the ability to admit when they’ve made a mistake. And that’s unfortunate because everybody loses.

Where do you stand on the wind turbine issue: I am a big proponent of alternative energy; I’ve been supporting it since the 70’s. A lot of my friends and a lot of the people I associate myself with are anti-wind, but I’m in the middle. I’m not anti-wind, but I’m not for industrial-sized wind turbines in residential areas. You never hear this in the same sentence, but I’m for properly sized turbines in properly sited areas.

Are there any other specific issues you want to speak to: If you’ve seen any of my signs, the theme of my campaign is “bridging the gap.” The bridge is broken. We’ve got to connect the bridge again; we’ve got to connect town government and the citizens. We’ve got to fuse them together and come up with realistic solutions to our problems. Hopefully, we have learned from our failures and our shortcomings, and the next decade will be a positive one for the town of Falmouth.

Dave Moriarty a former Town of Falmouth Town Meeting Member was not elected to the position on the Falmouth Select Board in 2011

Fast Forward to 2017 ........ Seven years later the Massachusetts Superior Court System has shut down the nuisance wind turbines.

The following video was recorded just prior to Falmouth Select Board July 10, 2017, the decision not to appeal wind turbine lawsuits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igepZJgCIa8

Industrial Wind Turbines: An Upper Cape Dilemma July 2017 #3

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David Moriarty, a resident of Town of Falmouth, talks to an audience about the current status of the town owned wind turbines in Falmouth, MA after court injunction, and urges people in town to get involved with local decision makers and elected officials to stop appeal process which will be expensive and probably not succeed.

Moriarty says we are all responsible for when we let elected officials do as they please with public money, who then may lie to get away with it after the fact, and we have to hold them accountable.