Too much theater on wind farm opposition

Editor,

The folks against wind turbines and the infrastructure jobs they bring are embarrassing their state.

Have any of these so-called fishermen ever fished the Gulf of Mexico? The fishing industry and the energy industry exist side by side. There are oil platforms and oil wells all over the gulf. Are these guys unwilling to do their part to such an extent that some wind turbines, not oil platforms, are too scary for them?

The complaints are almost hilarious. The county commissioners think it is just one dock too far. They allowed the total development of West Ocean City, with all sorts of luxury homes on filled in land, huge docks everywhere, plus more trailer parks every day literally. But one dock for America’s energy infrastructure, “no way Jose.”

The fishermen say it will ruin the White Marlin Open, you know, because there is just too much traffic in the Atlantic Ocean. C;mon. The mayor of OC saying he’ll sue, with the full support of the 1,300 people who voted for him last time, is just theater.

This has been the summer of anecdotal evidence on everything and that has to stop. We need the jobs and the renewable energy, period. Our county needs to move forward not backward. Cut out the theater. Get to work transferring the wealth from the county coffers to the workers, taxpayers.

Greg Gunther
Ocean City/Snow Hill