Your feature article on the windmill controversy was excellent. It was a balanced article of the windmill controversy. I doubt that the NIMBYs thought so. I was intrigued about the Tug Hill man who said the windmills' noise kept him awake at night, yet he sponsored an ear-splitting motocross.

The lady that wrote about decibels doesn't know about decibels. Ten decibels above background would limit diesel trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers, fire sirens, children playing, sporting events, parties, stereos, the list is endless. The fictional conversation was just that — fiction. Don't quit your day job.

The gentleman from Cape Vincent wanted us to think he was an interested citizen who thought there ought to be ll/2 miles setback. This is the same gentleman who twice ordered men not to write these letters in favor of the landowners. Maybe 1l/2 miles is beyond his line of sight.

Are the NIMBYs jealous of the money the landowners will receive or do they want to prevent them from receiving the money? One is jealousy; the other is larceny (a felony). If so, they should be arrested and prosecuted. The NIMBYs need a reality check, or they should get the bill for 100 gallons of fuel oil or go get a fill-up of gas.

This is the 21st century, not the 19th or 20th. Times have changed, and we can't go back. We must deal with the present oil crisis, global warming, etc. The windmills may make our dependency on foreign oil less.

Stopping a winery from expanding will not help, but hurt our future. It will bring jobs and investment. Maybe the future will put us with Napa Valley and other wine areas. Who knows? Stopping the winery will destroy that future.

Dwayne Martin

Gouverneur