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*September 10, 2007 Click here for the Latest News on the Upcoming Town Board Elections*
*July 2nd, 2007 - New Update: Denial of Bovina's Citizens' Right to Vote*
*THE ALLIANCE FOR BOVINA*
In an historic vote on March 13, 2007, after months of controversy and research, the Bovina Town Board banned wind turbines from this scenic Catskill town. Bovina is the first town in the Catskills to take a clear position against industrial wind development. The Bovina vote follows a twelve-month moratorium during which residents made their views known to town officials through open meetings sponsored by the board, hundreds of letters, a town survey, a petition, and a poll sponsored by industrial wind opponents. The vote was three in favor of a ban, one opposed. About sixty people attended the public hearing before the vote.	*Calendar of Events...*
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*April 10th, 2007 - Andes Votes to Ban Commercial Wind Turbines*	*Click here to see all Videos...* *Video - Now on YouTube:* Part 1 of a documentary of a wind farm operating in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. This film is useful to watch because the topography is similar to the topography in Stamford, and the turbines are close to the size that Invenergy is proposing. This wind farm was completed in 2001, and this film consists of interviews with residents who have been living with the turbines for 5 years. *Video - Now on YouTube:* January 9, 2007 - Documentary - The Voices of Tug Hill released on YouTube Video - be patient the sound in the very beginning is not very good and then it is fine. *Video - Now on YouTube:* Andes residents Sue and Bud Gladstone have posted on YouTube their seven minute video of the wind turbines at Tug Hill, the largest wind development, so far, in the state of New York. Look here to see what could happen in the Catskills:
*March 13th, 2007* - *BOVINA TOWN BOARD VOTES TO BAN WIND TURBINES* In an historic vote on March 13, 2007, after months of controversy and research, the Bovina Town Board banned wind turbines from this scenic Catskill town. Bovina is the first town in the Catskills to take a clear position against industrial wind development. The Bovina vote follows a twelve-month moratorium during which residents made their views known to town officials through open meetings sponsored by the board, hundreds of letters, a town survey, a petition, and a poll sponsored by industrial wind opponents. The vote was three in favor of a ban, one opposed. About sixty people attended the public hearing before the vote.
*March 13th, 2007 - Planning Board's Wind Turbine Decision OK'd By Andes Town Board Industrial Towers Banned; April 10 Public Hearing Will Complete Process*
February 19, 2007 - The Bovina Town Planning Board announced its recommendations for wind turbines in Bovina. The planning board members - Chris Ingvordsen, Anne Bonne, Pat Miele and Roberta Burgin - were given a choice of four options. ..
*February 5, 2007 - Town Survey Results Show Majority Want BAN of Commercial Turbines in Bovina* On February 5, 2007, the Bovina Town Board's consultant, Tom Shepstone, presented the results of the Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey. The results show that...
January 29, 2007 - Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey News WIND POWER SURVEY RESULTS, 7:00PM The second public meeting of the evening will address the results of the wind power survey undertaken this month by the Town of Bovina. Tom Shepstone, the consultant who wrote the survey, will present his results. Board members will speak about issues surrounding the survey. The public will be invited to ask questions and make comments.
January 26, 2007 - Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey News Dear Bovina Neighbor: As part of our active community outreach during the Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey, the Alliance for Bovina has noted that approximately 100 town surveys were not delivered -- out of a total 870. The Delaware County Planning Department was responsible for mailing the survey and incorrectly addressed many by using The correct owner's name...BUT the previous owner's address!
January 22, 2007 - Survey News - - Members of the Alliance for Bovina have spoken with a number of town officials over the past few days about our questions regarding the Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey and I would like to share with you some of what we have learned:
*January 12, 2007* *- Update on the Town of Bovina Wind Power Survey*
*January 8, 2007 - Read Ed Rossley's letter to the Alliance and Larry Karam's Reply*
*December 30, 2006 - A Bovina Taxpayers Response to the Survey - PDF* *Please read this aloud into the record at the next Town Board meeting.*How one experiences a commercial wind turbine site is also relevant if the point of the question is to measure the respondents' knowledge of wind turbines' effect on an area. For example, driving by an installation for a few minutes at a large distance is a very different experience than standing directly under one. Seeing them on a ridge line is different than on a prairie. Listening to them when the wind is blowing or not is different. Listening to them when mountains shape the sound or where mountains don't is different. Seeing them when the sun is shining and low is different than at midday or when it is cloudy.
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