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Family resolute in its stance against wind farm
Three years after the courts ruled against their claim to their ancestors' land, members of the Balli family said they'll keep fighting.
Since July, about 40 family members have staged protests against the developer of a wind farm, claiming it is intruding on their land claim awarded about 200 years ago by the King of Spain.
"They're trespassing on our property," said Nicholas Balli, a mechanic in Harlingen.
October 10, 2008
by Fernando del Valle
in Valley Morning Star
Three years after the courts ruled against their claim to their ancestors' land, members of the Balli family said they'll keep fighting.
Since July, about 40 family members have staged protests against the developer of a wind farm, claiming it is intruding on their land claim awarded about 200 years ago by the King of Spain.
"They're trespassing on our property," said Nicholas Balli, a mechanic in Harlingen.
The family will continue to protest the site where Babcock & Brown is developing a wind farm in Kenedy County. Family members have been protesting just outside the site.
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