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Cape Wind foes call for probe into pols' ‘bully' tactics
"FAA has made decisions based on political factors rather than the recommendations of the local aviation community and even its own employees, failing its statutory safety-first mandate," Audra Parker of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound wrote to the inspector general for the federal Department of Transportation.
June 20, 2012
by Christine McConville and John Zaremba
in Boston Herald
Outraged opponents of Cape Wind are calling for a federal probe into allegations that the Patrick administration and the White House bullied federal aviation officials into brushing off public safety risks and green-lighting what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm.
"FAA has made decisions based on political factors rather than the recommendations of the local aviation community and even its own employees, failing its statutory safety-first mandate," Audra Parker of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound wrote to the inspector general for the federal Department of Transportation.
In a letter provided to the Herald,... [continue via Web link]
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