Minneapolis, MN--The federal “stimulus” spending splurge has truly been the gift that keeps on giving throughout 2009. Not just for special interest groups like teachers, higher education, subsidized housing advocates, green energy contractors, arts groups, andgovernment workers at every level, but also for the media and watchdog organizations exposing thousands of nonexistent jobs supposedly …
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EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR FARMERS THREATENED WITH EMINENT DOMAIN FOR MINNESOTA WIND POWER FARM
ST. PAUL, MN—Christmas came early this week for several Minnesota farmers when state regulators unanimously rejected a permit for a controversial wind farm proposed by the City of New Ulm, which had threatened to use eminent domain authority for the first time on record to seize the wind rights over the opponents’ property in order to force through the 8-megawatt project. “It’s a first. They’ve …