CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

As a recent "washashore" to the Cape, I can attest for many I left behind that the leadership & influence of the Kennedys has not yet been written off.

Many of us continue to value their efforts and leadership in a multitude of ways -- and expect that such will expand with new generations.

RFKjr is sincerely appreciated as a voice & leader; Maria Shriver is an excellent example of a woman who is a model wife, mother, talented & skilled professional & political multi-tasker; Patrick Kennedy, a talented civic leader, has publicly waged a private battle that is worthy of mention. Chris Lawford, himself, has an incredible human dimension that is deserving of note.

Don't cross them off, yet, to serve your agenda. Why must you use the reputations of human beings & their flaws to achieve your political purposes?

If real estate is your point -- is it really any wonder that some people might flee the attact and onslaught upon their beloved Nantucket Sound by the proposed, questionable Cape Wind project? If I could afford it, I'd get the heck out too!

I always get confused when I read some of the "bloggers"'s comments posted here.

For instance, the above blogger SM writes:
"I'm not sure that Healy and Mihos have learned this lesson. Cape Wind polls with significant majorities on and off the Cape."

Where do you get this idea? I have vacationed here every year for 30 years. The information I have is that in Cape Cod surveys, polls, referenda and whatever you want to call them -- over the past 4 years the MAJORITY is ALWAYS AGAINST CAPE WIND. Not against WIND ENERGY -- but against CAPE WIND. Don't you get it?

Look at the data: Mashpee referendum, Nantucket referendum, CNC newspaper survey. What don't you understand about those results?

I'm not a permanent resident here on the Cape - perhaps some day in the future.

And I'm not certain how I feel about wind farms, especially GIGANTIC and monstrous ones like that proposed for Cape Cod. But, as a witness to last night's event -- and now a witness to its journalistic coverage here -- I fear for all of you.

Your battle here is much larger than one about a wind farm. Your battle here is even more basic than that. You have a battle about integrity and ethics within your community that looms over all.

If I were the journalist responsible for writing this article on what transpired at the college last evening -- I'd seriously reconsider the profession.

I am a journalist in my hometown and this is simply sad for me to see. All communities deserve objective and accurate reporting of the issues that are vital to its future. This piece is neither.

There's a lot of work to be done around here, and this is just evidence of it.

Whoooooooooah...who writes these reports for Cape Cod Today? Were you st the same event my wife and I were last night?

"A jam-packed lecture hall at Cape Cod Community College last night heard an enlightening and convincing presentation by a Danish expert on Denmark’s use of wind power."

I'd say from the mood and response of the audience I was part of there last night that not many were either "enligtened" or "convinced" at all by what the "expert" from Denmark or other panelists presented.

I'm from Wash, DC and would say that most last night were bitterly opposed to your local Cape Wind project -- and from the fervor I witnessed -- this project will NEVER happen around these parts.

Who reports on these issues? Why are you trying to mislead the public with these headlines and articles? Is this journalism or propaganda?

I don't know if I would be pro or against the project -- but if this is an example of the credibility of its supporters, I'd be very cautious!

Good luck.