Another Jokester

I was at an auntie's birthday party a while back, and Grandma Joan was there. She has been like my own Grandmother for longer than I can remember.

We were talking about one of her daughters, being a large animal vet. She works a good ways south of Camden Point in dairy country. All of us girls got to talking about dairy operations, and they ended up teasing me about how I should find myself a good dairy farmer to settle down with.

They started going on about the cows and how a dairy operations works when Grandma Joan pipes up, "Those dairy men, they sure know their tits!" That is what really got the party started. We were trying to be good with our Grandma there, and then she goes and says a thing like that. We laughed all night long. It will be one of my favorite jokes forever.

After the Meeting

After the meeting last night I was pretty stirred up. I went and got a few extra petitions and earned myself 11 signatures, who knows if they will even be considered. I also dropped off some information and a few petitions at our local gas station, KCL. Sign it please!!!

I am working with several people in the area who have been in this type of situation before. Though, I am trying to keep it quite. Things are oddly political and I do not want to split up the people who have joined together in order to push KCP&L back.

If you care about keeping Camden Point the way it is, without giant power lines crossing our land, write a letter to the local newspaper: the Platte County Citizen, the Landmark, the Weston Chronicle, even the Kansas City Star.

Camden Point has a New Problem

KCP&L is proposing a new transmission line from their new power plant in Iatan to Nashua. The line will be a 345 kilovolt electric transmission line connecting the two stations. It will deliver energy from the new plant in Iatan to Nashua, and from there to the the highest bidder (Omaha, Nebraska right now). 

This energy will not even benefit Camden Point, nor will it benefit the landowners in any way. In fact, it could cause great harm to the land it is to be built upon. Pesticides will be used to keep the land clear, killing animals and stunting plant growth. When they build the lines, farmland and natural habitats alike will be ripped up and destroyed. Much of what they propose will go right by people's houses. 


If KCP&L were to get an easement on your property you could not build any permanent structures or plant trees on that property, ever. These lines are permanent. If you do not agree to an easement, KCP&L can acquire your property through eminent domain.


Our lives will be negatively impacted. This will affect our residences, farming, and the natural environment. I have lived here all my life, and KCP&L cannot take that away from me. This would damage our rural environment, we do not want to be made an industrial area. Building these power lines will greatly lower our property values, permanently.


You can check out their side of the story at kcpl.com, but don't believe everything you read there. These people have paid public relations people, but they are a private company and care nothing for the little guy.


There is no advantage to the people of Camden Point having these lines being put on our property. I have been wondering why KCP&L does not just use existing lines to transfer their energy? It would be so much less expensive for both us and them. Anyway, just so long as they stay the hell out of Camden Point. They could also go along major roadways, but everything just has to be so complicated...


If we give them an inch it may be the start of Camden Point falling to eminent domain. I'm kind of scared here, people. For heaven's sake, sign the petition!!! Call me, or come and see me over the next few day. These petitions are due on Sunday at 3:00, don't be afraid to show interest. The next meeting to fight this monster is Sunday at 3:00 at the Camden Point community center.


Oh, and take KCP&L's survey at this survey link. Tell them exactly what you think about this line, so long as you are against it. ; )