Comments on: Land locked

By: Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:59:46 +0000

Snake oil salesmen? That would be a term that should be used for “NIMBY’s” such as yourselves. “Can’t feel sorry for” What kind of Schadenfreude are you Quixote. What folly Don charging at windmills. There isn’t any real science done about the health effects to date. But there is a study being done on Wolf Island by Queens University researcher Neal Michelutti. It will be interesting to see the results in 3 years time. But in the mean time there is a rumble on Wolfe Island against turbines. They are causing longer ferry lines because of increased tourism on the island.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:03 +0000

So Stantec say that their intention is not to recover funds from the landowners, or prevent them from selling property. They will provide a letter to land owners if required to such effect. However what this case appears to demonstrate is that the option holder is – at some point – accountable for the actions that they agree to allow on their land, and that at some point in the future the talk from creditors may not be so reassuring. This is where the implications for credit secured on a property with options starts to becomes less clear as a greater risk that is now emerging will have to be balanced. As we enter NEW legal territory and with so much at stake for so many it looks like the only winners will end up being the lawyers who will have to sort it all out.

Finally a lien is a lien, and just like you can underpin a building that has suffered subsidence there is a stigma attached to the building; there are many people that won’t touch a property with a lien, regardless of any letter from Stantec.

Sincerely,
Steven Draper

Prince Edward County, ON

By: Bruce Phinney

Bruce Phinney — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:57:15 +0000

I am a Councillor for the Town of Sackville in New Brunswick. We just recently passed in our municipal Plan to allow wind energy in our municipality. It was put together by our Planning Commission. When it was brought forward it had nothing in the way of such information as you have presented here. It also did not include information about any kind of medical or health risks associated with Wind Turbines/Farms. When members of the community came forward with such information they were labelled as idiots by some of our councillors and planning commission employees who work for the Town of Sackville. They said that the information they brought forward is unsubstantiated and just plain bogus. I must say that I did pass the municipal plan because I received no negative information from the planning commission and the councillors who are in favour of Wind Turbines/Farms.

Thank you for the information presented here and I would like to receive any other information you feel would be of interest to me, especially further developments pertaining to the subject you have presented.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Bruce Phinney
Councillor – Town of Sackville, N.B.

By: M Anderson

M Anderson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:02:53 +0000

I have a very difficult time feeling sympathy for these landowners who now have liens against their properties. They had been warned time and time again. Anyone who gets involved with the windustry whether it be investor, landlord or government official must realize they are dealing with the most effective conmen of our time.

The Ontario government just gave away Billions of your tax dollars for incentives to a Korean company for the snake oil “promise” called industrial wind energy. By the way, did you happen to notice a huge jump on your hydro bill this month? Get use to it. This is a direct result of McGuinty’s so-called “green” dream. The only thing green about industrial wind power is the subsidy and ratepayer money. Perfect scam.

By: Quixote

Quixote — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:17:10 +0000

Can’t really feel too sorry for these landowners as the “writing has been on the wall” for some time.

The Wind Industry as a whole is somewhat the “snake oil salesmen” of the 21st century.

Just to find out how deeply involved they are with our own Provincial Government just try and ask the Province for help. 100′s of families in South Western Ontario are living beneath Wind Turbines that are causing major health problems for them and their families. These poor souls have continually asked the Provincial Government for help and have been told everything from “it’s all in your mind” to the most insulting as being called a “Nimby”!

Now it’s your turn to discover what kind of Provincial Leadership Onatrio has “devolved into”!