Lakeside Protest Meeting in East County Magazine
Some of the best coverage of the El Monte Valley and Lakeside resident protest meetings can be found in East County Magazine. Here is the opening paragraph:
“We do not need this line to meet San Diego County’s energy needs now or in the future,” Dianne Jacob, chair of the County Board of Supervisors, told a crowd of 200 to 300 Lakeside residents at a February 25th community meeting on Sunrise Powerlink. She accused the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) of ignoring fire safety warnings raised in an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which concluded that the line was rated “the highest fire risk possible” and that “fire risk could not be mitigated.” Jacob added, “Follow the money…Some public officials supported the line even before there was an EIR report. Their votes were bought, in my opinion.”
