My husband and I are the residents and landowners of property abutting portions on both sides of the Central Maine Power Co. corridor where it crosses the Androscoggin River from Lewiston into Auburn. The residential section of our property is in the direct path of the proposed transmission line for which CMP is seeking approval.
This property has been in my family for more than 79 years and has been a retirement home for us for the past 39 years.
As currently staked and flagged, a portion of the right-of-way claims a large section of our dooryard, including shade trees, and a large portion of our driveway.
The selected site of the proposed transmission poles and lines is objectionably positioned at the roadside entrance to our dooryard and would leave the residential section of our property fully exposed, commercialized and industrialized, but not residentialized in appearance, and completely out of character with the natural, peaceful dignity of our dooryard and our 200-year-old home.
We have been conscientiously and respectfully striving to save and preserve our property and retirement home from the obvious stressful detrimental effects that the installation of the proposed transmission line would have on our old family property, which is a major part of our retirement package.
Ruth S. Benjamin, Auburn
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CMP is putting in that
CMP is putting in that upgrade to carry all the power out of state that the Industrial Wind farms make, which is almost nothing and which the Maine taxpayer and ratepayer will be paying for.
Ruth, I would pull up those stakes in the middle of the night and fight them. I would even go so far as to chain myself to my shade trees. Don't just roll over and let them get away with it without a fight. Get your picture in the papers. Let everyone know who the bad guys are.
And don't let anyone call you a NIMBY. Chances are they are just ignorant.
Join the Citizens Taskforce on Wind Power - Maine, and share your story. We are all in this together.
Take pictures! And read up on the health risks of living near high voltage power lines.
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Don't worry some of us have a heart and it is sad what the state wants to do to you.
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What would you have them do zig at your place and zag at the next NIMBY's place?
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