I'm drafting a letter to Governor Kulongoski, our state representatives, LCDC, Union and Umatilla Counties, etc. etc. They all need to know what's going on here. If anyone wants input, make a comment to this blog post or send it via email. I'll bring my letter to the meeting Monday night.
Don't forget: If anyone from Idaho Power contacts you about coming on your property, politely but firmly decline.
I've been looking at these "Circle Maps" from the Treasure Valley Electrical Plan, and the more I think about it, the less the idea of using any corridor across Malheur County farmland seems needful at all. Most of the line will be in Oregon already, so after it starts in Boardman, it should cross the Snake River into Idaho above Vale and Ontario, then stay there all the way to Hemingway instead of going 30 miles out of its way to recross the Oregon border to pick up farms in Nyssa and Adrian.
See you Monday night 7:00 p.m. at the Boulevard Grange.
