First Greenbush, kind of a snooze, as there weren’t that many people, which isn’t surprising as it’s in the daytime, 11-1. What I’ve noticed so far is that the small downs, while they’re slower paced and not many people, they seem to be in pretty good shape, well maintained, the local government buildings are well made, they have community centers, there’s activity on the streets, they are NOT dead, and instead I’d guess quietly thriving. It does not feel desperate, it feels like these towns are healthy.
Here in Warroad, where I’m staying, the main highway through town is lined with flowers, and Marvin Windows too… there are a few homes in disrepair, but Red Wing looks worse. Maybe a part of it is that it’s so green here, not brown, and the sky is SO blue, the clouds so dramatic, maybe that’s the lake:
On to Roseau next…
This transmission project is connected, literally, to Manitoba Hydro, and the hearings on the new damn dam were yesterday, and also next week:
The $20-billion question
Put public back in ‘public review’ of NDP/Hydro expansion plans
By: Will Braun
Posted: 08/19/2013 1:00 AM | Comments: 19
Now it is time to back up the democratic wagon.
Hydro has increased contingency reserves this time, but there are no guarantees.
Will Braun lives in Morden and works for the Interchurch Council on Hydropower.