From Chip Ashley in reply to Pat Wooldridge on May 13, 2008 at 9:12 am. IP Logged, 209.107.147.x Report Abuse Thanks, Pat. Unfortunately, where money is involved, it is easy to ignore the truth. 
From Monie Mc on May 9, 2008 at 5:22 pm. IP Logged, 64.136.27.x Report Abuse I currently reside in Indiana, but I'm willing to help as much as possible! What can I do? From Chip Ashley in reply to Monie Mc on May 10, 2008 at 8:23 am. IP Logged, 209.107.147.x Report Abuse Thank you very much for asking, Monie. Spread the word as much as possible by forwarding the links to this poll and the petition. You can email me at wattsvalleypreservation@gmail.com and I will put you on the list of supporters for our cause of protecting the foothills. People all over the world love our Sierra foothills, and they can all help. Thank you very much. 
From Mysti on May 9, 2008 at 12:00 am. IP Logged, 209.234.216.x Report Abuse Something I haven't seen mentioned is the increased traffic on the tiny two land road that IS Burrough Valley, and the ONE lane road that is Watts Valley. And those HUGE PGE trucks pushing along those roads is APT to cause more accident and quite frankly be a pitb. Not to mention taking even more of OUR mountains and planting a station on it, and then not even hiring from our community to staff it! I think there has to be a better way. Where can we find bumper stickers or magnets that say NO TOWERS for our cars?! From Chip Ashley in reply to Mysti on May 9, 2008 at 8:24 am. IP Logged, 209.107.147.x Report Abuse Thanks, Mysti. Thanks for the idea about bumper stickers, etc. I'm going to see what I can do about starting an online store to sell items like this. Check back in a day or two and I will put a link on www.savethefoothills.org. I'll put a message here too.
From Janice Walters on May 8, 2008 at 2:52 pm. IP Logged, 64.194.133.x Report Abuse Find a different ROUTE and leave the foothills OUT!!! From Chip Ashley on May 7, 2008 at 8:42 am. IP Logged, 209.107.147.x Report Abuse A couple of other considerations: (1) If the project is built in the S J Valley, the lines can be buried when running next to populated areas. This pretty much solves the problem of EMF. Burying is not feasible in the mountains. (2) In the foothills and Sierra, the issue is not so much a NIMBY issue as an environmental issue. In my case, for example, I would be satisfied with "just compensation" or "fair market value" if it were merely a matter of property and money. But it's not an issue of money. Infinitely more important to me is the place called Watts Valley and the foothills themselves, which I believe should be protected for their own sake, as wild places. Soon places like Watts Valley will be all gone if we don't start now to protect them from development. From Janice on May 6, 2008 at 2:50 pm. IP Logged, 206.169.105.x Report Abuse I am from the West route they are studying. We do not want it any more than you do. Here they are going right thru the sphere of influence,  1/8 mile from the city limits and right next to 2 schools. From Chip Ashley in reply to Janice on May 6, 2008 at 6:38 pm. IP Logged, 209.107.147.x Report Abuse I don't blame you for feeling that way, Janice. We need to force the utilities and the regulatory agencies to start using on-site generation instead of these huge generation projects connected to a centralized grid.
From Warren Shaw on May 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm. IP Logged, 207.114.159.x Report Abuse There are many reasons for PG and E NOT to build this project in the foothills: environmental, anthropological, health and simple fairness among them. There appear to be only two reasons for their apparent first choice of the foothill location: their own convenience and profit.
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