NYRI Hearings

For what it's worth (I think the power lines will push through), some hearings have been scheduled to protest and organize against the massive power line project for upstate NY. See more about the hearings here.

Communities Against Regional interconnect (CARI), a coalition comprising of seven counties and five citizens groups opposing the NYRI power line requested that the New York Public Service Commission hold Public Statement Hearings in all of the Counties affected by the New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI).

The Public Service Commission granted CARI’s request and scheduled additional hearings throughout the region.

When I initially heard about the power lines, I believed NYers had a chance in pushing it back. Now, I am not so confident. Perhaps I am more cynical, or perhaps I am feeling low due to the passage of that bailout bill. At this point in history, whatever the government wants, the government gets. Voting means nothing, protests mean nothing. I apologize for my bitterness. But I am so very angry about all the abuses and usurpations. What happened to my country? How could Americans have allowed these things to happen when they happened? Why were so few watching the tower and so many watching I Love Lucy?