Bill’s Letter to the Editor: Where We Stand
CVC chairman Bill Golemon, along with many others in the Capon Valley Coalition, is carrying on the fight. This isn’t over yet.
Here is what Bill sent to the editors of The Hampshire Review on Aug. 25:
Editor: Members of the Capon Valley Coalition would like to compliment the Hampshire Review for its editorial cartoon of August 6th depicting the state of West Virginia as one big electrical outlet, with power coming from states to the west and going to states to the east.
Congratulations also to Abby Chapple and Ralph Wojtowicz for their letters to the editor on August 13 and 20, summarizing again the damage that the TrAIL and PATH power lines will do to our environment, property rights and values, and quality of life.
It’s shameful that the people and state of West Virginia continue to be exploited for the interests and profits of the electric and gas power industries. Governor Manchin and the state Public Service Commission will undoubtedly approve the PATH proposal, since they have shown that they put Allegheny Power’s interests above those of the thousands of citizens who have actively opposed them.
In Pennsylvania, state judges have recommended agaist TrAIL approval, on the grounds that it is not needed, and in Virginia the Piedmont Environmental Council continues to lead opposition to it. In West Virginia the Sierra Club plans to appeal the PSC approval to the State Supreme Court, and individuals like Thomas Hildebrand of Moorefield are filing petitions of appeal and questioning the procedures followed by the PSC.
Hampshire County Commissioners are to be commended for attempting to make Allegheny Power pay building permit fees before they destroy our property and environment. Needless to say Allegheny Power opposes this, and despite their “window-dressing” deal so proudly announced by Governor Manchin, they intend to continue to run roughshod over the citizens of Hampshire and neighboring counties.
Bill Golemon
Yellow Spring
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