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Imagine Turbines Over Tuscany

From Owen Sound Sun Times

If you haven’t seen them take a drive south to Lake Erie along historic Highway 3 between Blenheim and Leamington. On a windy day, “The sound is like a freight train,” says Dave Benson, Heritage Coordinator for the Municipality of Chatham and Kent. “A modest house is worth 30 per cent less and a million-dollar property is unsaleable.” Are they ugly? You bet. Texan billionaire T. Boone Pickins, a heavy investor in wind power, has said he won’t put any turbines on his 68,000 acres. On a gorgeous fall day the rolling hills of golden fields east of Lake Huron rival Tuscany. Imagine turbines over Tuscany.
Yet, McGuinty talks proudly in television election ads of 900 turbines installed so far. However, with the exception of one Lake Ontario project, the power’s not going anywhere. Wind farms along Lakes Huron and Erie are not, as yet, on the grid. While this is talked about locally, few Ontarians are aware that the turbines are mainly just gigantic lawn ornaments.

There is obviously a groundswell of grassroots support against the green energy act in wind farms. However, the Ontario Liberals proceed with a program that is perceived by some to be antidemocratic. Further fostering a sense that the government of Ontario, Only cares about issues in Toronto. Talk about the politics of division.

September 17, 2011
McGuinty’s World of Finance and Jobs

I stumbled upon this video it makes some good points.

September 17, 2011
Ontario PCs Bounce Back

The Ontario PCs have reclaimed a nine point among decided voters .

From Ottawa Sun

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives are ahead of the Liberals by nine points, according to a poll of decided voters.
The Abacus Data poll found that the PCs have the support of 41% of decided Ontario voters followed by the Liberals at 32% and the NDP at 20%.
While the PCs had the largest group of supporters, a check of undecided voters showed they had the lowest room for growth.
The Liberals — who had the second largest number of committed voters — and the NDP had the greatest potential to garner support from undecided voters, according to the poll.

As polls start flying fast and furious in this campaign It becomes more important to keep an eye on the overall trends of the numbers. Indeed this is a good sign that the Ontario PCs have energized a voting base. On the other hand we must not get complacent. We still need to hammer home the conservative message until voting day.

September 14, 2011