Fightin' The Power while The Town Fades Away

       All over Pascoag, bright yellow lawn signs are springing up in ever greater numbers. People want no part of a new power plant in town.  Its understandable, there is one large gas powered plant hidden in the northern woods, and although the northeast's energy bills are some of the highest in the country, there is no guarantee that this proposed gasline and the power plant will benefit the town or region in any substantial way. Its a sure bet that any additional tax revenue will be quickly spent on projects that will benefit government employees, and their unions.
       Meanwhile, State Rep Keable has donned kimono and does a kabuki to prove to his constituents that he tried. I believe, based on much empirical evidence, that its a done deal.  The hearings, the protests, the angst are all for naught. Too much has been invested already by very powerful concerns. Too much groundwork has been done. The legislation proposed by Mr Keable has little chance of passing because of the precedent it would set.  If there is one thing the government of the people of Rhode Island does NOT want, its giving the people a voice.  The "opposition", such as it is,has drawn abutting property owners, "environmentalists" who're basically opposed to any by the move by the "fossil fuel industry" to keep energy at affordable prices. Relying the the "settled science"  (and pseudo-religion) of "Global Climate Change", they advocate for "Renewable Energy Sources",
ignoring the growing body of evidence that wind farms  and solar fields do great harm to the environment in very subtle ways. The microwaves that flood our immediate environs and keep us all connected have been connected to various maladies arising in wildlife. Whatever.

But Burrillville faces a much greater threat to it's identity.  More about that later.