Today, Pandora's Box of Rocks reports on a conversation between a Cape Vincent resident and Michael McCann of McCann Appraisals in Illinois. Mr. McCann wrote an opinion for the Town of Cape Vincent Wind Turbine Economic Impact Committee's report.
In summarizing McCann said, "it was clear that numerous homes in the Cape Vincent area will be adversely impacted, and the best available evidence indicates that value loss of 25% to 40% or more will occur to homes within approximately 2 miles of the turbines. This impact is not expected to be uniform, and some losses may well be lower and others higher."
However, McCann is no friend of the Lyme-Cape Vincent Voters for wind organization. After homeowners in Lyme had received a mailing that quoted Michael McCann, Karen Stumpf, spokeswoman for Voters for Wind, rebutted McCann's findings during a Privilege of the Floor Presentation during an Aug. 11, 2011 Cape Vincent Town Board Meeting:
Karen Stumpf: "If you are a land owner in the Town of Lyme, I'm sure you have received something that looked like this. In the mail. If you were a land owner in the Town of Lyme. After starting to read it I said, 'Oh my gosh. Lies, Lies and more Lies'".
"So where are these lies coming from? It's not really hard to figure out if you take a look at the form I just showed you, entitled, 'Swindle'. A man who is probably the most outspoken enemy of wind power in the United States. A man who brags about being a shill for the anti-wind. If you want to go to his website and learn more, go to Michael McCann and you will find out some more about what he is propagating and pandering to the anti-wind."
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