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Clerk: don't give away the (wind) farm
Officials in Sullivan County agree a wind farm would be a positive addition, but they don't agree on how much they should do to accommodate the company that would bring it there.
The county commission wants to create an enhanced enterprise zone to give Tradewind Energy the tax incentives they say they need. County Clerk Mike Hepler and Assessor Karen LaFever say the enhanced enterprise zone would leave the county short changed.
"To sell out too cheap is not representing the public interest, it's representing the private interest. I was elected to represent the public interest," Hepler says.
September 25, 2008
by Dana Jay
in KTVO TV3
Officials in Sullivan County agree a wind farm would be a positive addition, but they don't agree on how much they should do to accommodate the company that would bring it there.
The county commission wants to create an enhanced enterprise zone to give Tradewind Energy the tax incentives they say they need. County Clerk Mike Hepler and Assessor Karen LaFever say the enhanced enterprise zone would leave the county short changed.
"To sell out too cheap is not representing the public interest, it's representing the private interest. I was elected to represent the public interest," Hepler says.
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