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Sheffield voter says: Big wind, a lot of hot air
There are 727 people here including children. Half of our people have not voted, and non-voting residents and property owners were not allowed to express their opinion in the polls. Just over 200 people voted. Nearly 100 said no. This multimillion-dollar corporation had to hire the services of a public relations firm from Burlington to force a message through that they failed to do on their own merits.
December 15, 2005
by Greg Bryant, Sheffield
in The Manchester Journal (VT)
Just a word about the recent wind vote in Sheffield, Vt. Please know 45 percent of our town voted against industrializing our ridgelines for any price. A multimillion-dollar corporation has been in our town for over three years "courting" our town officials and people.
There are 727 people here including children. Half of our people have not voted, and non-voting residents and property owners were not allowed to express their opinion in the polls. Just over 200 people voted. Nearly 100 said no. This multimillion-dollar corporation had to hire the services of a public relations firm from Burlington to... [continue via Web link]
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