{"id":1237,"date":"2009-12-06T22:10:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T05:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2009-12-06T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T05:16:22","slug":"hearings-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"Hearings this week!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brookings CapX 2020 hearings this week.<\/p>\n<p>We start out at the Hog Wild Saloon, in Henderson, and it progresses from there:<\/p>\n<p>December 7 (Monday)<\/p>\n<p>1 &amp; 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Brass Top Hall\/Hog Wild Saloon, 514 Main Street, Henderson, MN<\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<p>December 8 (Tuesday)<\/p>\n<p>1 &amp; 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Lonsdale VFW, 115 2nd Avenue SW, Lonsdale, MN<\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p>December 9 (Wednesday)<\/p>\n<p>1 &amp; 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Park Ballroom\/American Legion, 300 So. Lexington Avenue, New Prague, MN<\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p>December 10 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p>1 &amp; 7 p.m<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>December 11 (Friday)<\/p>\n<p>Holiday Inn, 20800 Kenrick Avenue, Lakeville, MN<\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p>December 15-18 (Tuesday &#8211; Friday)<\/p>\n<p>9:30 a.m. &#8211; ????<\/p>\n<p>PUC &#8211; 121 &#8211; 7th Place E., 3rd Floor, St. Paul<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" mce_style=\"text-align: center;\">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" mce_style=\"text-align: left;\">You can question the witnesses, you can testify, and you can enter exhibits.&nbsp; This is important &#8212; it&#8217;s your chance to let the judge know what you think, and if you don&#8217;t speak up, he&#8217;ll never know.<\/p>\n<p><u><b>YOU CAN TESTIFY!!<\/b><\/u>&nbsp; If you want to testify, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;d recommend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan ahead.<\/li>\n<li>Write it out SUCCINCTLY.<\/li>\n<li>Have a copy to hand in for the record, and have copies to hand out to CapX and others&nbsp; (send to local paper the day before!)<\/li>\n<li>Have a few copies of exhibits that you want to talk about, i.e.,<br \/>\nEMF research, a recent appraisal, photos of eagle nests in the<br \/>\nneighborhood, etc.&nbsp; The issue here is routing, so look over the maps<br \/>\nand notice what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s missing, because there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a lot.&nbsp; Let them know<br \/>\nthat there are four houses on your road missing from the maps; that if<br \/>\nthey run it through the field by the road, it would disturb an anthrax<br \/>\nfield (!!!);&nbsp; that&#8217;s what&#8217;s on the map as a road really isn&#8217;t a road; let them know that you have just gotten a permit to build<br \/>\na barn or you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got plans to put in an irrigation pivot right where<br \/>\nthey want to put their (#*)(*$(*^% transmission line!&nbsp; Let them know if<br \/>\nyou would plan to utilize the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Buy the Farm\u00e2\u20ac\u009d option (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/?id=216E.12\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/?id=216E.12\">Minn. Stat. 216E.12, Subd. 4<\/a>).&nbsp;<br \/>\nLet them know your mortgage company would take any eminent domain<br \/>\ncompensation that you might get.&nbsp; Tell them what you know about your<br \/>\ncommunity or the area they want to traverse.<\/li>\n<li>Get there a little early and sign up, and if the sign up sheets aren&#8217;t around, let the judge know you want to testify, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll put you on the list.&nbsp; He&#8217;s been extra careful to ask several times to see if there are people who want to testify who aren&#8217;t on the list.<\/li>\n<li>When it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your turn, either take the oath or affirm, then your testimony will carry more weight.<\/li>\n<li>Give your testimony.&nbsp; Tell your story, tell your family&#8217;s story.&nbsp; Use examples, show him on the map&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Answer any questions that parties or the judge may have.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s it, it&#8217;s really that easy &#8212;&nbsp; congratulations for speaking out!<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>ENTER EXHIBITS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can enter exhibits.&nbsp; Bring copies of things you think will help<br \/>\nshow the judge why a particular route is a really bad idea, things like<br \/>\nthe aforementioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photos of eagle nests that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve taken and can identify the locations of the nests.<\/li>\n<li>Photos and maps of arns, businesses and homes they want to go over \u00e2\u20ac\u201d give a face to the place!<\/li>\n<li>Provide copies of appraisals that show the devaluation of your property.<\/li>\n<li>EMF studies and cases.<\/li>\n<li>Photo simulations of transmission towers in river valleys showing impacts.<\/li>\n<li>Photo simulations of substations at night looking and sounding like an intergallactic space station.<\/li>\n<li>Photos of your kids waiting for the bus, which would be right under the line if they built it there.<\/li>\n<li>Other ideas???<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you need help, let me know in the comment section, or ask me at the hearings.&nbsp; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be going<br \/>\nto every one of these meetings this week, and I&#8217;lll help you state your<br \/>\ncase however I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brookings CapX 2020 hearings this week. 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