Sugar Hill Meeting 7/1/12:
About 100 people attended a meeting of concerned citizens at the Sugar Hill Town Hall to hear from opponents to the Northern Pass project in a panel discussion.
Will Abbott
Will Abbott of the Society for Protection of NH Forests showed a recently produced video featuring the Neily family in Deerfield and went over a number of points of where things stand with the proposed project and legislation. Watch video: Northern Pass Hurts New Hampshire Families
Christophe Courchesne
Christophe Courchesne, staff attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation
Ken Kimball
of the Appalachian Mountain Club talked about what issues they would like to see addressed about running the line through the White Mountain National Forest.
Jim Dannis
Jim Dannis, resident of Dalton and lifelong resident of NH talked about property values and the regulatory process. See presentation referenced
Bob Baker
Attorney Bob Baker is a resident of Columbia and talked about how Northern Pass is getting into people's homes to meet with them about selling their property as well as a possible new eminent domain threat to get the job done.
Q & A- Jeanie Forrester
Sen. Jeanie Forrester of Meredith answer some questions about SB 361.
Q & A- Ben Merrill
Sugar Hill resident Ben Merrill asked the panel about undergrounding the line vs overhead lines and if the towers grow babies.
Q & A- Doug Evelyn
Sugar Hill resident Doug Evelyn talked about thw White Mountains history and tourist destination and
Q & A- Michelle Cunha
Michelle Cunha of Hill asked about the relationship of Northeast Utilities/PSNH/Northern Pass.
Q & A- Undergrounding
An audience member asked about disruptions of undergrounding the line.
Q & A- Debi Warner
State Senate candidate for District 1 asked about the permitting process/
Q & A- Miscellaneous
Here is an edited down version of answers to questions that were asked off mic to the panelists about tax impacts and where the message again Northern Pass is being relayed in NH.
Northern Pass
