Woodfin folks: Monday’s your chance!

All are welcome but only Woodfin residents can speak out against the proposed oil-burning plant tomorrow night at the Woodfin Planning and Zoning Board, Monday, April 2, 6:30, Woodfin Town Hall.

If the good people of Woodfin don’t stop this, it’s in the hands of boards whose members may or may not have our best interests at heart. Just look at the Public Utilities Commission. According to IndyWeek’s Lisa Sorg, “Four of seven members have ties to industries they regulate.” NC WARN’s Executive Director Jim Warren calls Governor Easley’s last appointment “a gift to the power companies.” He writes:

This state’s big power companies have for years acted like they own the legislature, along with the Utilities Commission and its so-called Public Staff. Governor Mike Easley’s appointment of Edward Finley to the Commission yesterday represents solid reassurance to Duke Energy and Progress Energy that good-ole-boy politics are firmly in place in North Carolina.

So, here’s hoping the officials of Woodfin figure out (with your help) that this is NOT the best option for our future. It’s wrong for our air, our heath, our pocketbooks, and it certainly is not going to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, (remember, this is supposedly the goal of every patriotically-minded American . . . right?)
From the Canary Coalition:

The Woodfin Planning and Zoning Board will decide whether to grant a Conditional Use Permit to Progress Energy for building and operating an oil-burning power plant.
This hearing and the following decision by the Board could stop the construction of this power plant. If you can attend this hearing, it’s important to do so. Come at about 5:30 so we can coordinate speakers and strategy. We’re getting good signals from Woodfin public officials. Public support is crucial.

Go to Mountain Voices Alliance for more info. Scroll down for the cool “click-and-print” posters.