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Logic prevails, for now, in flap over power line
An equestrian subdivision and a 500,000-volt power line just don't mix.
And, somewhat belatedly, Idaho Power Co. appears to have gotten the message. Company officials have redrawn the maps for the transmission line. At this point, none of their possible routes run near Parma.
Score one, for the time being, for a small-town mayor who raised a big-time and much-justified ruckus.
February 26, 2009
in Idaho Statesman
An equestrian subdivision and a 500,000-volt power line just don't mix.
And, somewhat belatedly, Idaho Power Co. appears to have gotten the message. Company officials have redrawn the maps for the transmission line. At this point, none of their possible routes run near Parma.
Score one, for the time being, for a small-town mayor who raised a big-time and much-justified ruckus. When Parma Mayor Margie Watson got word about Idaho Power's plans, she got angry and her community of 1,800 people got organized.
Locals quickly posted a Web site and started raising money for a potential legal and public relations battle. Luckily, Parma... [continue via Web link]
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