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Reader Disputes Pro-EverPower Letter

File Photo from Madison Press Published in the  Urbana Daily Citizen , March 15, 2018... A huge thank you to Bob and Barbara Behling for representing the truth! This letter is in response to the March 10 letter in the  Urbana Daily Citizen  concerning the coal and wind industries. About 10 years ago we met with an EverPower representative and considered signing a turbine lease. We knew nothing about turbines at the time, but our subsequent research convinced us, without a doubt, that wind turbines did not belong close to homes. We realized that eastern Champaign County was too populated for these massive structures to be safely operated. After 10 years, we still believe that. The writer asks why there is a flurry of anti-wind activity in Champaign County at this time. It is because when EverPower filed a December 2017 amendment to the Champaign County project, maps with the proposed turbine locations were included. Admittedly, none of the turbines were in new locatio