This letter is in response to comments regarding the Board of Adjustment's denying Emerging Energies wind-farm permit.

The process has been a long one, and there have been many misleading and false statements made by the applicant and those representing them, so it's no surprise that proponents of the project continue to mislead and spread false information. In the interest of truth, I would like to share some facts that are being overlooked, and in some cases suppressed.

EE representatives attended all meetings and gave input when the current wind energy ordinance was being drafted. LJK Engineering prepared a paper for the county titled "Wind Farms and Their Effects on Public Safety Radio Systems." The county enacted a 1-mile setback to emergency communication towers, per recommendation of that report. Turbine manufacturer Vestas requires greater safety setbacks for its workers than our county requires for its residents.

EE submitted 25 variance requests for 7 turbines and failed to prove hardship as required by state law. EE thinks county taxpayers should be liable for removal costs. EE requested a variance to noise restrictions far above ordinance restrictions, yet they claim turbines aren't noisy.

Several Wisconsin wind energy ordinances are stricter than Manitowoc County's. Scientific research suggests our current ordinance remains inadequate to effectively protect health and safety. We live in a society with due process and freedom of speech. Often the lines between fact and fiction cross in these arenas. The omission of facts is as misleading as fiction.

I encourage citizens to research studies and information from Drs. Magda Havas and Nina Pierpoint, The World Health Organization and the French Academy of Medicine. Wind farms should not be squeezed into populated areas, like squeezing a size-12 foot into a size-4 shoe.

It's time for EE to move on to larger pastures.