My friends from the Page County Citizens blog posted a video of citizens remarks at last Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meetings. I've picked it up as an embed above, and here is a link to that blog with the posts about the meeting (I also track them in the bloglist to the right). It's really great to see these empowered citizens speaking on this topic - all with well-reasoned arguments against the plant.
http://pagecountycitizens.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/fibrowatt-quietly-they-came-into-page-county-quietly-we-would-like-you-to-leave/
The video doesn't cover those who spoke in favor of the plant. There is a lot of back talk about these conversations, including some spin about how in reality the majority at the meeting - those who did not speak included - were in favor of the plant. I think the elected officials, the supervisors, are wise to this argument, however, and that's why they voted unanimously to say "thanks but no thanks" to the plant.
A few months ago, here on the Hawksbill Cabin blog, we reviewed the strategic plan for Page County's Economic Development Authority (EDA) - both the 2008 update and the 2004 plan. Even a light reading of those documents is enough to see how far off track the Project Clover land deal, and now the Fibrowatt proposition, have taken this organization from its goals of improving the overall economy in Page County.
A revisit of those plans - with a comprehensive implementation plan, including goals, objectives, and performance metrics - is what is called for now. No hand wringing from the EDA on this deal gone wrong, since it was inappropriate and ill advised in the first place. A business-like, back-to-basics approach. That's where Page County needs to go from here.
Can't happen soon enough.
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