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9 of 10 Bay Staters endorse Cape Wind in a dozen towns
11/05/08 · 2:20 pm :: posted by CCToday
Cape Wind wins 87 percent of vote in ballot question
Braintree, Holbrook, Randolph, Cohasett, Hingham, Holbrook Hull, Marshfield, Scituate, Hanover, Norwell and Rockland back wind farm
Eighty-seven percent of voters in eleven Massachusetts towns on the South Shore voted Yes on Question 4, a non-binding question that read:
Should the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would support the development of Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound and other possible future onshore and offshore wind power developments in Massachusetts?
73,548 of the 85,430 voters who answered this question answered Yes.
Results consistent with other recent statewide polls
This is consistent with two independent public opinion surveys carried out in March, 2008 that each found 86-percent statewide support for Cape Wind. One of these surveys was conducted by CBS-4 Boston and the other was commissioned by Civil Society Institute (CSI). CSI also found support for Cape Wind on Cape Cod and the Islands to be 74 percent.
Question 4 on Cape Wind was included in the ballots of Massachusetts voters in the towns of: Braintree, Holbrook, Randolph, Cohasett, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Scituate, Hanover, Norwell and Rockland.
Several citizens organizations active in those communities worked together to compose the language of the question and to gather the necessary signatures to get the question on the ballot, including: Sustainable Braintree, Sustainable Hanover, Sustainable Cohasset, Sustainable Scituate, and Hingham REACH Wind Committee.
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11/05/08 @ 2:35 pm
Peter Kenney [Member] writes:
Too bad Jim Gordon doesn't have any turbines. Obviously Earl Devaney does not vote on the South shore.
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maverick [Member] writes:
CCToday..."CSI also found support for Cape Wind on Cape Cod and the Islands to be 74 percent."
What is the support percentage on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard? Just curious. Thanks.
What is the support percentage on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard? Just curious. Thanks.
Monponsett [Member] writes:
Joe Perry will come out against it if they try to put one in Duxbury, just you watch. Barry and Elliot too, maybe.
think4urself [Member] writes:
I expect Teddy will be making the case against Cape Wind with President elect Obama. End of Story?
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Peta...
Jim will have what he needs to build CAPE WIND.
monpo...
Duxbury will come out for wind b4 Joe.
think4...
Oh, and what do you think Deval & Obama ~~think about CAPE WIND?
End of story...
& End of:
~Ted.
Jim will have what he needs to build CAPE WIND.
monpo...
Duxbury will come out for wind b4 Joe.
think4...
Oh, and what do you think Deval & Obama ~~think about CAPE WIND?
End of story...
& End of:
~Ted.
Peter Kenney [Member] writes:
Interesting....if people on the South Shore support wind power generally but do not support Cape Wind in par6ticular, they could not vote in a way that would so indicate. Another nice job by the folks from the Fraudi Arabia of wind.
By the way, Richard Elrick last night described Dr. Eli Brukner as an "old codger." At least the "codger" never failed a drug test.
By the way, Richard Elrick last night described Dr. Eli Brukner as an "old codger." At least the "codger" never failed a drug test.
maverick [Member] writes:
Peck...End of Story?
What is the support percentage on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard? Just curious. Thanks.
What is the support percentage on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard? Just curious. Thanks.
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Peter... Wonder why no one is listening to you?
Go figure.
mav... Not sure about MV but @ the last MMS public hearing once you eliminated the off island detractors (the D'alliance) & the supporters (CPN) that attended...
It was AMAZING & gratifying to note the turnabout from the days of the Army Corps hearings (66%+ against) to now more like 75%: FOR the project.
Go figure.
mav... Not sure about MV but @ the last MMS public hearing once you eliminated the off island detractors (the D'alliance) & the supporters (CPN) that attended...
It was AMAZING & gratifying to note the turnabout from the days of the Army Corps hearings (66%+ against) to now more like 75%: FOR the project.
christy at christy's [Member] writes:
is this smahkcep person for real? end of Ted what are you made of? what kind of person are you to mock a person who has the challenges Ted Keddedy is going thru?
Ned [Member] writes:
Christy before you started blogging here and before Ted got the brain tumor, ragging on EMK was the chief form of ribaldry amongst the 'High-Fivers' here... those being men of little accomplishment and less self-worth. It's in the innate nature of blog-comment spawned by the innovation we know as the internet... weak-willed malcontents cannot resist the siren song of the medium itself...
christy at christy's [Member] writes:
thanks Ned---as regards the vote on the south shore, I lived there for over thirty years. Those towns battled anything together; Greenbush commuter rail, natural gas facility off of hull. That CW is no where in sight they're for it. There was even a battle for the second on-land windturbine in Hull.
think4urself [Member] writes:
I heard RFK Jr was being considered to head the EPA. If he does I'd expect that would be the end of placing anything in the Sound. Regardless, the new President owes the Kennedy family so I expect the new administration will find a way to preserve its "greenness" while opposing the project.
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Christy go choke on one of your unhealthy woopie pies...
It will be the END OF TED's attempts to irresponsibly influence the review & permitting of CAPE WIND...
Once Obama & Deval will see to it (if Bush hasn't already) that the project will be built...
At least these two have the foresight & integrity to do the right thing for the country...
Instead of selfishly claiming Nantucket Sound for their own.
So, if you don't choke on it... Stick it where the sun don't shine...
And if Deval leaves for DC...
Hey, take another run @ the state office...
That should be even more funny than the last time!
It will be the END OF TED's attempts to irresponsibly influence the review & permitting of CAPE WIND...
Once Obama & Deval will see to it (if Bush hasn't already) that the project will be built...
At least these two have the foresight & integrity to do the right thing for the country...
Instead of selfishly claiming Nantucket Sound for their own.
So, if you don't choke on it... Stick it where the sun don't shine...
And if Deval leaves for DC...
Hey, take another run @ the state office...
That should be even more funny than the last time!
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Interesting Ned...
You seem to not be able to resist the call of the wild more than most...
What's your ~excuse~?
You seem to not be able to resist the call of the wild more than most...
What's your ~excuse~?
Ned [Member] writes:
Heh heh, excuses, excuses. I may have been a little harsh regarding the HighFivers last nite and yet... you know who you are. I'm an invited blogger and I have needed to enforce an upgrade in the level of discourse... and practice my structuring of sentences. Speaking of which, the middle sentence below seems clumsy... is that a Split Infinitive?
smahkcep [Member] writes:
"Interesting Ned...
You seem to not be able to resist the call of the wild more than most...
What's your ~excuse~?"
smahkcep [Member] writes:
"Interesting Ned...
You seem to not be able to resist the call of the wild more than most...
What's your ~excuse~?"
Buzz [Member] writes:
The "level" of discourse is off the charts now. But dang it, it just ain't as fun as it use to be. Thanks Ned:(
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
You know you have no excuse Ned, and because I have seniority & tenure here...
I will grant forgiveness -this time-"you know who you are"... Being guilty as charged.
Curious, are you a hired blogslut like mav?...
I trust we are paid on the inherent quality of our posts; and that be the case...
Thank you for your relevant observation; I stand corrected...
"You seem to be unable..." ;~)
I will grant forgiveness -this time-"you know who you are"... Being guilty as charged.
Curious, are you a hired blogslut like mav?...
I trust we are paid on the inherent quality of our posts; and that be the case...
Thank you for your relevant observation; I stand corrected...
"You seem to be unable..." ;~)
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
I forgot & wuz off topic: CAPE WIND... WINS!
So sorry blogmeister.
So sorry blogmeister.
Ned [Member] writes:
Ummm smahkcep do you blog under a different name? This is like poker as I see it... blogger beats commenter even if commenter has been commenting longer. As for payment, maintaining a blog is useful in selfpromotion and is easier than updating an actual personal website... that is the extent of the compensation. When I post on other blogsites I give a link to Here... but I dunno how fascinating the goldfish bowl we call the Cape Cod community actually is to Outsiders...
Buzz [Member] writes:
Oh it's fascinating Jerry, there's a blogger from Somerville who can't get enough of what the Cape has to offer.... high 5!
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Nope Ned...
I don't. Been offered on more than one occassion & been thrown off more than once too...
For all intents a blogger & commenter are interchangable descriptions of one and the same I believe...
I realize you are special, and for the most part, at least somewhat entertaining; so the self-promoting aspect is curiously absent monetary remuneration for the wealth of intellectual prowess you profess.
Facinating.
Buzz... WARNING: Stop picking on cruz!
She is -connected- ya know.
I don't. Been offered on more than one occassion & been thrown off more than once too...
For all intents a blogger & commenter are interchangable descriptions of one and the same I believe...
I realize you are special, and for the most part, at least somewhat entertaining; so the self-promoting aspect is curiously absent monetary remuneration for the wealth of intellectual prowess you profess.
Facinating.
Buzz... WARNING: Stop picking on cruz!
She is -connected- ya know.
Ned [Member] writes:
Yeeeah except Bloggers create articles that Commentors comment on... sort of a smallscale version of Filmmakers vs Film Critics. Nowww... "so the self-promoting aspect is curiously absent monetary remuneration for the wealth of intellectual prowess you profess." That might work as a phrase if you chop the '-ly' off 'curious', changing the gerund to an adjective. 'Absent' then changes from an adjective to a preposition. Dunno if that conveys the point you're trying to make, though.
smahkcep [Member]
"In response to: 9 of 10 Bay Staters endorse Cape Wind in a dozen towns
Nope Ned...
I don't. Been offered on more than one occassion & been thrown off more than once too...
For all intents a blogger & commenter are interchangable descriptions of one and the same I believe...
I realize you are special, and for the most part, at least somewhat entertaining; so the self-promoting aspect is curiously absent monetary remuneration for the wealth of intellectual prowess you profess.
Facinating..."
smahkcep [Member]
"In response to: 9 of 10 Bay Staters endorse Cape Wind in a dozen towns
Nope Ned...
I don't. Been offered on more than one occassion & been thrown off more than once too...
For all intents a blogger & commenter are interchangable descriptions of one and the same I believe...
I realize you are special, and for the most part, at least somewhat entertaining; so the self-promoting aspect is curiously absent monetary remuneration for the wealth of intellectual prowess you profess.
Facinating..."
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
I checked wid my resident woman english major & she says you R... F.O.S 'bout my englie`...
Agreed, I was lost in ('Space'?)thought & should have ended "...you profess 'is suspect'."
And opted out the "is" curiously.
Am I clearerer?
;~)
Regardless, your analogy (doesn't hold any water either)...
Most long time blogsluts would agree that if you are a regular "commentor" you are considered a "blogger"...
Yer splittin hairs youngsta...
Take it easy or I will sic mav on your sorry *ss!
Agreed, I was lost in ('Space'?)thought & should have ended "...you profess 'is suspect'."
And opted out the "is" curiously.
Am I clearerer?
;~)
Regardless, your analogy (doesn't hold any water either)...
Most long time blogsluts would agree that if you are a regular "commentor" you are considered a "blogger"...
Yer splittin hairs youngsta...
Take it easy or I will sic mav on your sorry *ss!
maverick [Member] writes:
Ned's blow...now that I am on topic.
Neddy...why not do a little more blogging since Cru anointed you? And a little less commenting.
I know that trolling is a disease and very contagious. Sorry that we added that to your afflictions.
Despite your vocab Peck, possee and Buzz eat your lunch.
I thought I came to this site for entertainment. Had I known I was going back to English 101 I would have skipped class and chased coed's just like the old days. Much more fun.
Neddy...why not do a little more blogging since Cru anointed you? And a little less commenting.
I know that trolling is a disease and very contagious. Sorry that we added that to your afflictions.
Despite your vocab Peck, possee and Buzz eat your lunch.
I thought I came to this site for entertainment. Had I known I was going back to English 101 I would have skipped class and chased coed's just like the old days. Much more fun.
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Yeah, I know mav...
For sheer caloric content I am outed for some time now.
Now that CAPE WIND will be permitted soon...
My wind has passed & my humerus is seemingly broke.
P.s Ha... You're a bit slow nowadays for the coed's capt. Jack!
For sheer caloric content I am outed for some time now.
Now that CAPE WIND will be permitted soon...
My wind has passed & my humerus is seemingly broke.
P.s Ha... You're a bit slow nowadays for the coed's capt. Jack!
maverick [Member] writes:
Peck...it ain't over til Julie B. sings.
But I'm just fast enough for one coed. My bride. And that's all that counts.
But I'm just fast enough for one coed. My bride. And that's all that counts.
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
Good un mav butt...
I know from personal experience JB don't sing...
She 'stings' but good! ;~)
Aw shucks capt... Glad you can still catch yer 'first' mate!
Over & out...
I know from personal experience JB don't sing...
She 'stings' but good! ;~)
Aw shucks capt... Glad you can still catch yer 'first' mate!
Over & out...
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