{"id":16035,"date":"2011-07-18T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=16035"},"modified":"2013-10-17T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:19:46","slug":"i-wont-back-down-cape-cod-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/i-wont-back-down-cape-cod-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"“I won’t back down!” (Cape Cod, Mass.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Won’t Back Down” Barry Funfar<\/span><\/a>, Sergeant, US Marine Corps<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMy wife Diane and I attended the victory party thrown by the fine folks of Prospect, Connecticut,\u00a0who are extremely fortunate to have kept the turbines out of their town and community.<\/p>\n

It was hosted at the home of Tim Reilly and was a really first class event.<\/p>\n

They are extremely grateful to the people of Falmouth who took the time and character\u00a0to tell them our first-hand experience with living too close to wind turbines. Some of their residents would have been as close as 800 feet.<\/p>\n

One huge difference I see in their battle vs. ours, besides the obvious that ours are already constructed and theirs were but proposed, is that they had 20% of the population of Prospect in their “Save Prospect<\/a>” group. They spent approximately $150,000 to win their fight. The town of Holbrook, near them, evidently is getting wind turbines that actually could fall on abutter’s property. They did not fight the wind turbine proponents. \u00a0(Editor’s note<\/em>: \u00a0See the comment, below, by Annette Smith that corrects this information about “Holbrook.”<\/span>)<\/p>\n

It was a super fun party. Despite it being their celebration, I felt good for them. I promised them that when Falmouth’s turbines come down, I will host a similar event and they will all be invited.<\/p>\n

The attached song was their theme song.<\/p>\n

Barry Funfar<\/a>
\nFalmouth, Mass.<\/p>\n

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\nEditorial note<\/em>: \u00a0We dedicate the following song to<\/span> Heather Harper<\/a>, Town Manager, Falmouth, Mass. \u00a0Be sure to turn up your speakers real loud! \u00a0This should become the theme song for Wind Warriors worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you play the fabulous song, below, click on the “Heather Harper<\/a>” hotlink in the paragraph, above. \u00a0Read that article and look at those photos while you’re listening to “I won’t back down”—real loud!<\/span>
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I WON’T BACK DOWN<\/p>\n

Performed by Tom Petty<\/a>, written by Petty and Jeff Lynne<\/p>\n

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\nWell I won’t back down, no I won’t back down
\nYou could stand me up at the gates of hell
\nBut I won’t back down<\/p>\n

Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
\nAnd I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down
\nGonna stand my ground and I won’t back down<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/em>
\nHey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
\nHey I will stand my ground
\nAnd I won’t back down<\/p>\n

Well I know what’s right, I got just one life
\nIn a world that keeps on pushin’ me around
\nBut I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down<\/p>\n

Hey baby there ain’t no easy way out
\nHey I will stand my ground
\nAnd I won’t back down<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b7 “Won’t Back Down” Barry Funfar, Sergeant, US Marine Corps . My wife Diane and I attended the victory party thrown by the fine folks of Prospect, Connecticut,\u00a0who are extremely fortunate to have kept the turbines out of their town and community. It was hosted at the home of Tim Reilly and was a really first class event. They are extremely grateful to the people of Falmouth who took the time and character\u00a0to tell them our first-hand experience with living too close to wind turbines. Some of their residents would have been as close as 800 feet. One huge difference I see in their battle vs. ours, besides the obvious that ours are already constructed and theirs were but proposed, is that they had 20% of the population of Prospect in their “Save Prospect” group. They spent approximately $150,000 to win their fight. The town of Holbrook, near them, evidently is getting wind turbines that actually could fall on abutter’s property. They did not fight the wind turbine proponents. \u00a0(Editor’s note: \u00a0See the comment, below, by Annette Smith that corrects this information about “Holbrook.”) It was a super fun party. Despite it being their celebration, I felt good for them. I promised them that when Falmouth’s turbines come down, I will host a similar event and they will all be invited. The attached song was their theme song. Barry Funfar Falmouth, Mass. \u00b7 Editorial note: \u00a0We dedicate the following song to Heather Harper, Town Manager, Falmouth, Mass. \u00a0Be sure to turn up your speakers real loud! \u00a0This should become the theme song for Wind Warriors worldwide. Before you play the fabulous song, below, click on the “Heather Harper” hotlink in the paragraph, above. \u00a0Read that article and look at those photos while you’re listening to “I won’t back down”—real loud!Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}