ERIE – Controversy over the planned Neosho Ridge Wind project was calmer, or at least shorter, during Thursday evening’s Neosho County Commission meeting when commissioners heard from two people.
Lori Whitworth, a spokesperson for the opposition, addressed the commission on its decision to approve agreements with developer Apex Clean Energy. She said she thought she was participating in government, but what she witnessed was not open and transparent. She said the outcome was based on politics.
Whitworth questioned how long Commissioner Gail Klaassen studied the agreements before voting in favor of approval, and contrasted the length of the agreements with the moratorium motion Commissioner Paul Westhoff made June 13.
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