Subject:  (Woodley)Re (Statham) Power lines in other states (fwd)
Date:     Wed, 2 Jun 1999 175922 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 18:33:05 -0400
From: "Richard W.  Woodley" 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: Re: (Statham) Power lines in other states (fwd)


One of the results of our Bridlewood struggle is that you can clearly tell
where the lines run through Bridlewood. the towers change to "less ugly"
ones - single pole towers. That was one of the mitigating measures adopted
- but the lines and the electromagnetic fields remain. The health issue is
the most important issue and should always be foremost but it doesnt hurt
to include other issues such as aesthetics. The most important other issue
to raise on the power lines issue is whether the lines are really needed
at all.

At 04:55 PM 1999-06-02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>......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.....
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>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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