Finally..CONGRATS!!!!

Thank you Rosie! I appreciate your post. Keep your fingers crossed...its not done yet...

Congratulations Rob...

Hey Joe! Thanks for your post. Stop by when you have a chance to catch up.

Thanks for your post. Stay tuned...same bat time, same bat channel...

Before the Golden Age of TV, kids gathered around the radio and listened to shows like Tom Mix. The answer to your question, MK, in that frame of mind is 'The Shadow Knows..."

Thanks, Phil. Patience has never been one of my strong suits...

Thanks for the comment, Paul. I hope you all have a great holiday too.

Hey Sandy! Thank you so much for all of your support over the last few years. Your no nonsense, common sense attitude toward all the issues we face as a community is exactly what we need more of -- here, and everywhere else for that matter. I'm looking forward to the ribbon cutting -- along with a celebration. See you soon.

Thanks for your post, Scondo. I foresee much more momentum now in earth-friendly practices at my business, assuming I am finally able to shift my focus. We've accomplishd so much at the car wash from an environmental friendliness standpoint yet it feels enormously inadequate. I'd like to figure out how to motivate a lot of people to each do something small and collectively benefit from the cumulative effect of a simple, no cost effort. Just need an idea...

Thanks Cathy -- I hope this becomes one of those teachable moments I always hear about, where lessons learned help make things way better as we move forward. I've gotten to know quite a few people involved in renewable energy initiatives these past few years, and every one of them said the same thing. The fear of the unknown drives anxiety beforehand, but once the turbine goes up and people can see it & (not) hear it, and understand what it does and the benefits of it, communities rally around them. They become iconic symbols that communities take pride in. There's a school in New England that put up a gigantic one, on Rhode Island if I remember correctly. Almost utility grade. And even the neighboring residents, in very well-to-do areas, look at the school's turbine as a source of forward thinking, positive contributions to the community and the planet. And that big honking turbine has blades that are 100 feet long...

Good point about Facebook Scondo. Here's a link to the actual poll:

http://survey.constantcontact.com/poll/a07e5pot0vkgzts8bxm/start.html

With polls only opening about an hour ago, the outcome is both too early and too close to call -- all within the margin of error. That said, of the respondents thus far, 74% selected one of these answers (out of 5 choices):

-- Taxpayers are angry by Town wasting money, even after they lost in court.

-- They don't really care about the wind turbine, they have other motives.

-- They don't want to lose in court any more.

Trailing the pack are the other two choices:

-- Its part of their new focus on alleviating local flooding.

-- Their research concluded wind energy is good and poses no risks.

Scondo, I share your sentiments in your concluding remarks. That said, despite the PB's approval, this matter is not resolved.

The Council has yet to even consider this matter in closed session. If the agenda for next week's Council session again fails to include this matter, you can watch Channel 77 and listen to the final tally of this poll, which I will present to the Council at that time.

To quote Yogi Berra, 'It ain't over til its over."

Thanks, Sandy. They've done an excellent job for themselves so far. I must give them credit where credit is due. They quieted things down right as the election approached, and I stopped publishing information about the various corrupt goings-on -- from the illegal office holding of convicted felon Jerry Bello, to his Councilwoman wife's failure to disclose her husband's lifetime ban from holding public office; to John Szabo's conflict of interest regarding flooding issues due to his concurrent service as Wayne's Town Planner & Oakland's Mayor; to the Town's failure to collect a several hundred thousand dollar judgment from an ex-Town Attorney who is also the father of the current PB attorney.

To quiet things down, they claimed they were ready, willing and able to settle, but actually didn't. They haven't issued a binding approval of anything so far, and there isn't a wind turbine, and they haven't issued a check. They haven't even considered any terms of any proposal in closed session at a Council Meeting -- nothing's ever been placed on an agenda.

I'm getting ready to start launching a fresh campaign of OPRA requests to get at the bottom of what's really going on.

This isn't over by a long stretch, it seems. I'm clearing my calendar so I don't have any conflicts with future Council meetings.

Stay tuned. There will be plenty more to follow, it seems.