TECO Lines Could Endanger Eagles In Seffner

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Tampa Tribune

TALLAHASSEE - As far as a group of Seffner residents is concerned, Gov. Charlie Crist and the rest of the state Cabinet all but signed a death warrant for a family of bald eagles on Tuesday.

Until now, generations of eagles have been nesting in peace in an oak hammock north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and west of Valrico Road in Seffner for more than 40 years.

On Tuesday, Crist and his Cabinet probably threw the switch on the eagles living there now and 25 other species of birds, said Susan Watson, whose home backs up to the eagles nest. She was reacting in frustration to the Cabinet's vote that will allow Tampa Electric Co. to stretch 30 miles of high-voltage power lines through a corridor that includes an environmentally sensitive area known as Eagles Forest.

"It is a significant forest, which houses the smallest bird, the ruby-throated hummingbird, and one of the largest birds, the most regal bird, the American bald eagle - as well as over 53 species of wildlife," Watson testified Tuesday before the Cabinet. The panel held a hearing and issued its ruling on the TECO proposal in its capacity as the state's Power Plant Siting Board.

"This area has protected wetlands and a forest composed of thousands of hardwood and coniferous trees," Watson said. "According to Hillsborough County, this forest is the last wildlife habitat in Seffner, Florida."

Read more: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/30/me-teco-power-lines-could-endanger-eagles/

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Will We The People all be happy when we have electical power, but nothing else?

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Is it legal to do that to the bald eagle???? I hope that there is some legal

alternative that can be used to stop this horrific destruction of wildlife.


Comments on the article are interesting. The main supporter admits to being a TECO employee...

[DogPoundPup]

2. Last paragraph in article says ...

"The company still needs approval from an array of state and possibly local government regulators to ensure the power lines comply with the conditions imposed."

But as is shown, Crist is preparing for possible future Republican vice-presidential material and showing his true colors by not standing up to the utility companies and the signing death warrant for families of bald eagles.

[spag68]

3. Why should bald eagles get preference?

First thing you know the bay in Tampa will have drilling rigs for the eagles to nest in. We hear all this crap from Crist, now that he conned all the Florida voters into believing he was a progressive repub. Why anyone would want to be on a ticket with a crazy asshole like McSame astounds me. And what doe's he know that we don't thea makes him believe they will win this election anyway?