Be skeptical of Clean Line deal
“I am on the board of the Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance, a nonprofit organization formed to opposed the transmission line proposed by Rock Island Clean Line, or RICL. The intended 375-mile route through Iowa will need to get land through eminent domain if they are to succeed with their plan.
Do we let a private company use eminent domain for a project through prime Iowa farmland? A majority of folks who contact us do not want this line on their property, no matter what payment is offered. They say they won’t sign, and it will have to be taken by condemnation.”
Darr, Diane. Quad City TImes 20 May 2014.