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To: James H. Madden - Cape Vincent Wind Farm - British PetroleumPeter E. Zedick - St. Lawrence Wind Farm - Acciona/AES

NYS Senator Darrel Aubertine - Has contract wi th Acciona/AES.Wrote let ter to Cape of f ic ials advis ing to disregard conf l ic ts of in terest.Former Cape Vincent town counci lmanVoted at s tate level on legis lat ion which could inf luence his wind contractSis ter married to John Wiley, member of Zo ning Board of Appeals

Joe Wood - Town Board, has wind contractWife Debra Wood, Deputy Town ClerkSis ter Karen Bourcy on Planning BoardBrother Alan Wood, Zoning Enforement Of f icer, partner in Wood Farm LLCwhich has contractAnother brother is partner in Wood Farm LLC, which has a contract2 nephew partners in Wood Farm LLC, w hich has wind contract Marty Mason - Town Board, has 3 wind contractsSis ter Jerr i Mason is Town ClerkCousin Donald Mason, Town Board, has w ind contract Donald Mason - Town Board, has wind contractCousin Marty Mason, Town Board, has 3 wind contractsCousin Jerr i Mason, Town Clerk Richard Edsall - Planning Board Chairman, has wind contractWifes parents have wind contract

Brother- in-law has w ind contract Andrew Binsley - Planning Board2 brothers-in-law and a nephew have wind contract Karen Bourcy - Planning BoardSon, Partner in Wood Farm LLC, wh ich has wind contractBrother Joe Wood, Town Board, has w ind contractBrother Alan Wood, Zoning Enforcement Of f ice, partner in Wood Farm LLCwhich has a wind contractNephew, partner in Wood Farm LLC, which has wind contract

addi t ional brother partner in Wood Farm LLC , which has wind contract

Cape Vincents Unethical Black Hole

We encourage our state and local officials to investigate these matters

Many Cape Vincent citizens are deeply disturbed byyour companies insistence on developing wind projectsby putting such a high burden on the ethics of our townofficers.You have entered into contracts with many of ourowns officials and their families knowing this wouldcreate blatant conflicts of interest. This is a violation ofhe towns ethics code and NY State law. A similarsituation has led to investigations by the NY AttorneyGeneral and a district attorney in other parts of thestate.You claim high minded ideals of clean energy andprosperity. Yet involving town officials in your projectshas resulted in an ethical nightmare. This has createdan atmosphere of distrust and bitterness in a oncepeaceful and friendly community.You have made it difficult for these officials to makeresponsible health, safety, and environmental decisions,since they now have a financial incentive to look theother way.As a result, you have taken hostage our townspolitical system and citizens are paying a high ransomof a badly divided community.Despite knowing this, you sit quietly by with oneagenda of pushing through your wind projects asquickly as possible. You show no objection or remorseor the unethical situation and bitter community yourprojects have created

The Wind Power Ethics Group* Information from official town andstate records, and other research. *