Letters 7/14/11

Makes you wonder

I recently read that Avista has signed a 30-year contract to buy “wind power” from First Wind’s planned turbines in Whitman County — before the last appeal has even been heard and ruled on.

Now I know why the Whitman County Planner told me, over two years ago, that it was a “done deal.” That was when the planning commission was in the early stages of changing the Ag Ordinance to include wind farms and there had been no public hearings. What did he know way back then that the rest of us didn’t know? Does Avista know the same thing now? Can deals like this really be “done deals” even before all the hoops are jumped through? Sure makes you wonder.

Carolyn Kiesz,

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