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Windmill neighbors air gripes over noise; County planners grapple with issue
In a dramatic moment during a tense meeting in Boardman Tuesday night, Arman Kluehe stood up and began to drop $20 bills into a pile.
"How much will it take to buy you so we can break the noise limit?" he asked the crowd.
Several people in the room - close neighbors of the Willow Creek Wind Project - murmured their approval. In January, three of them turned down Invenergy, Willow Creek's parent company, when it offered to buy noise easements on their land.
April 3, 2010
by Erin Mills
in The East Oregonian
In a dramatic moment during a tense meeting in Boardman Tuesday night, Arman Kluehe stood up and began to drop $20 bills into a pile.
"How much will it take to buy you so we can break the noise limit?" he asked the crowd.
Several people in the room - close neighbors of the Willow Creek Wind Project - murmured their approval. In January, three of them turned down Invenergy, Willow Creek's parent company, when it offered to buy noise easements on their land.
Kluehe does not live near a wind farm, yet. He and his wife moved to their... [continue via Web link]
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