Reopening Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant: A Plan All Iowans Can Get Behind
Though I am typically pretty hard on NextEra because they try to force wind turbines on me even though I…
Category: Opinion
Wind Turbines Can Jam Weather Radar
Wind Turbines can interfere with National Weather Service Doppler radar, effectively jamming them and preventing them from giving us accurate…
Exposing Bright Future Iowa’s Deception and Lies
Bright Future Iowa’s latest “survey” shows just how underhanded and deceptive their tactics are and how they take us for…
Updated: Small Tornado Strikes Iowa Wind Farm
(Updated 4-19-2024: Since this article was originally published, the National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 15 tornadoes struck…
Prime Farmland Is Protected in Buchanan County
Buchanan County’s Comprehensive Plan already protects prime farmland against encroachment from non-agricultural commercial interests. We need to keep it that…
Shining Light on NextEra’s Forthcomingness (Or Lack Thereof)
At the Tuesday, October 4, 2022 P&Z meeting, one of the agenda items was to discuss a request for a…
Transparency Please
If you were able to attend the P&Z meeting on March 6, you may remember a gentleman who introduced himself…
Fact Check: Did P&Z Really Propose Condemning Land?
In a recent letter to the editor of the Independence Bulletin Journal, Allen Miller claimed that the Buchanan County P&Z…
Iowa Senate Bill Would Trample on Local Government Rights to Regulate Energy Production
A bill was recommended for passage by an Iowa Senate subcommittee yesterday that if signed into law, would strip local…
Dickinson County Says No to Wind Turbines. We Should Too
The Dickinson County, Iowa Board of Adjustment rejected Invenergy’s permit request to install new wind turbines in the Iowa Great…