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 (DIR) Post #AXY3ro9zoGpbJWK6TY by Onlineadviser@c.im
       2023-07-10T10:25:37Z
       
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       Cape May County Board of Commissioners embarrassed themselves over the past few months in actions taken to oppose the installation of wind energy. First, they were silent in the years when public input was open into the painstaking careful study, planning and permiting of wind energy. Nothing in national and state government energy policy happens quickly, and there were many opportunities for the county government to be involved. Now they appear to be influenced by misinformation spread on social media, rather than the reports of any actual experts.That’s not the way government is supposed to work.The county government has reportedly even given propaganda, misinformation, or irrelevant citations to reporters investigating the topic. Several comments by commissioners quoted in the news are bizarre and nonsensical. One commissioner said he supported “land-based offshore” wind that obviously is not a possible concept. It is unclear whether the county officials lack the ability to discern quality of information influencing they opinions or whether they are intentionally avoiding taking advice from qualified professsionals.  One reporter noted that the county failed to make a single valid point that he could cover in his article. Another reporter noted that the opposition seems to be politically driven fear, not facts. While legal, scientific and economic data to predict the actual future effects of wind power here is scarce, for obvious reasons, the limited credible information we have indicates the opposite of what the commissioners are saying. We have another ‘facts vs Fox News’ scenario.It is disturbing to me that my former residence’s governing body has abandoned the standards and decision making processes that we expect in favor of embracing this type of misinformation on the basis that this is what the loudest partisan voters want. We expect better from our county government. Leave your personal biases at home and make decisions within the systems established under the law.