The following video draws attention to some comments that were made about people opposed to Wind Towers during the Yankton County Strategic Planning Discussion on 06/12/2024. Read the transcript context below the video while listening to the audio:
Brief Summary:
- Min 48:45 – start
- Min 48:54 – Don – “Listen to the same people b1tch”
- Min 49:00 – Don – “They sit there and b1tch”
- Min 50:00 – John – “Windfarm- 99% of people don’t want it”
- Min 50:15 – Ryan – “What it said was 99% of people don’t want it in their backyard. (LAUGHTER)”.
- Min 50;25 – Dan – “I think it is closer to 100% (LAUGHTER)”
- Min 50:53 – John – “I wouldn’t want it 50 ft from my house. A quarter mile wouldn’t bother me any.”
48:45 Having sat through this wind tower thing and listening to the same group of people sit there and b1tch um it appears to me that a big part of our challenge is educating our community. They don’t understand. 17, what 17 percent of the people voted this year? Yes, in the primary. 17 percent? I mean what the hell? But they’ll come and sit there and b1tch and of course it’s the non-b1tchers, the ones that aren’t here, the ones we need to have come out and, but we need to educate the public about what the situation is.
49:40 I mean, if you just, if you just, if we just go in and build a 2,000 square foot deal and without convincing the public that this is a damn good reason to do this, we’re wasting our time.
49:57 You know um, speaking of the Wind Tower last night, one of the gentlemen that came up and spoke against it said 99% of the people in Yankton County don’t want it? Poll in the newspaper says 47 percent do and 43 percent don’t. And granted, that’s just the P&D, but that’s…
50:19 The correction is 99% of the people don’t want it in their backyard.
50:23 I think it’s closer to 100.
50:26 That’s basically, he said 99% of the people in Yankton County, but you are right, I wouldn’t want it 50 ft from my house. A quarter mile wouldn’t bother me any.
50:31 Well, do you remember, Don, we had that cell phone tower by the lake, that nobody wanted but it’s not so bad now.
50:40 Nobody thinks about it sitting out there.