{"id":3927,"date":"2012-03-15T08:47:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2012-03-15T08:47:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:47:23","slug":"linda-van-arts-lte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3927","title":{"rendered":"Linda Van Art&#8217;s LTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sub-headline\">In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacrossetribune.com\"><strong>LaCrosse Tribune<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1>Linda Van Art: Lawmakers should stand up to power lines<\/h1>\n<div class=\"hnews hentry item\">\n<p class=\"byline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/search\/?l=50&amp;sd=desc&amp;s=start_time&amp;f=html&amp;byline=By%20Linda%20Van%20Art%20%7C%20La%20Crosse\"> <span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn\">By Linda Van Art | La Crosse<\/span><\/span> <\/a> |                                             Posted: <span class=\"updated\" title=\"2012-03-13T00:15:00Z\">Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:15 am<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"blox-story-text\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There will be public hearings this week in Alma and  Centerville regarding the largest civil engineering project after  Interstate 90 to be built in western Wisconsin \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the CapX2020 power  line.<\/p>\n<p>As the Tribune reported, the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Public Service  Commission engineers remain unconvinced of its need for our area or our  state.<\/p>\n<p>A 150-foot-wide right-of-way will destroy about 200 acres  of woodland, regardless of the route the monster line takes. The towers  will be 15 stories tall and more than 30 feet in circumference. They  will be sunk 50 feet into the ground and be strung and maintained by  helicopter. Our landscape will be altered forever.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition to CapX2020 is fierce. Thirteen local  governments have opposed the project and its sister Badger-Coulee line  based on lack of need and the harm it will do to our communities.<\/p>\n<p>Frightened and heart-broken citizens have talked to Sen.  Jennifer Shilling, and Reps. Steve Doyle and Jill Billings. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve  asked them to speak out against this power line, but none of our three  area lawmakers have spoken out in opposition to the power line project.<\/p>\n<p>Many people find their silence hard to understand. We  would like our representatives to speak out forcefully for our land, our  homes and local economies at the public hearings.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the PSC general counsel encourages lawmaker participation in the process.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Who are these politicians representing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the citizens or the utilities guaranteed to reap profit from this line?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the LaCrosse Tribune: Linda Van Art: Lawmakers should stand up to power lines By Linda Van Art | La Crosse | Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:15 am There will be public hearings this week in Alma and Centerville <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3927\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,195],"tags":[600,697],"class_list":["post-3927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hampton-alma","category-wisconsin","tag-citizens-energy-task-force","tag-linda-van-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3929,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}