Letter from Nathan Seamon
Gov’t Should Serve the People
I’m running for Town of Columbia supervisor because residents are looking for new leadership, and I’m prepared and committed to deliver that. It is simply time for a change—with new energy, new ideas, new openness, and new personnel.
Like most residents in Columbia, I oppose the proposed Columbia Solar Project. I don’t want to see more than 2,000 acres of land within the town developed by a foreign-owned company with industrial solar panels and a battery storage facility. The loss of up to 15 percent of the land within the town, most of which is considered prime farmland, would be devastating to our rural town and its agricultural history and tradition. The negative consequences it would have on the environment far outweigh the perceived positives. The proposed solar project is not compliant with the town’s laws or comprehensive plan and ignores home rule.
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