Travelers headed north on Highway 52 near Zumbrota will have noticed a new billboard this week.

It depicts Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens holding a bag of money as a grinning Gov. Tim Pawlenty stands by. Five visibly distressed people sit atop an overturned windmill under the tagline, "Pickens gets the gold mine, we get the shaft."

It's part of an ongoing debate over who ultimately benefits from the 78 MW, 12,000-acre wind project proposed by Goodhue Wind. Proponents of the project say its benefits are clear: dozens of temporary jobs, increased revenue for the county, a clean local source of renewable... [continue via Web link]