Re: “Begin Rant: The New England can’t afford friends like these”
Dr Crosby calls for respectful, informed debate on the New England REZ. She then spends 1,500 words calling concerned communities “agitators,” telling them to “grow up,” and accusing their state MP of “sucking at his job in the most basic way.” The contradiction is breathtaking.
She insists Walcha “does not get to claim to speak for all of us” — then proceeds to do exactly that, declaring the REZ “manifestly” retains community support and that opposition amounts to stealing opportunity from the region. On what authority does Dr Crosby speak for the New England any more than the communities she is dismissing?
She concedes the cumulative impact study “has not been done yet,” then in the same breath tells communities to stop raising concerns about cumulative impact. For communities facing up to seven major projects, 200+ wind turbines, battery storage facilities, pumped hydro dams, and years of overlapping construction across a $24 billion development footprint — the absence of that study is not a reason for reassurance. It is the reason for alarm.
A publisher who uses their platform to personally attack elected representatives and belittle rural communities — while admitting the evidence base is incomplete — should not be surprised when readers question whose interests are being served.
The people of Walcha, Boorolong, Yarrowyck, Ebor, and Georges Junction are not agitators. They are neighbours who deserve better than being told to “grow up”.
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