Subject:  (Statham) Power lines in other states (fwd)
Date:     Wed, 2 Jun 1999 165543 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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......I regret that I must assure you, Linda, -- on the basis of some
considerable professional experience -- that the issue of "ugliness" or
"unsightliness" is an issue that the courts refuse even to consider in
ANY of our states ... when ruling in favor of the power companies on
behalf of eminent domain "easement rights" where power lines are
concerned......

The power companies won that battle decades ago, and the beauty of what
was once the great American landscape is clearly the loser.....  You 
cannot avoid seeing that as you enter virtually any city, town -- and,
today, even the rural areas -- of America....  More and more, bigger
and bigger, power lines and substations ... crowd into residential
neighborhoods in our center cities, threaten the health of our children
and encroach upon the once pristine vistas of rural America....

It is the curse of our electrical civilization....

You must raise the public health issue.....   In most states, the courts
are still open minded on that......   The public health issue is the issue
that the power companies DO NOT want to have to deal with....

Still, it would be good to hear from others who may know of cases of
exception to the general rule I offer above.......guru.....

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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:50:30 -0700
From: linda 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: other states

Hi Roy,
I know you have folks on the list from many states.  My question to them
is:  

Do other states allow these unsightly, mammoth 80ft. steel/concrete towers
to be run throughout their state to run transmission lines?  Are they run
through the midst of subdivisions in other states as they are presently
being run in Georgia?  Are they allowed to be placed through the middle
of beautiful horse and dairy farms?  Are they buried in some states?  I
am just curious as to how other areas handle this problem?

Thanks,
Linda
linda.statham@cwixmail.com




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