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POPSPickens Gives New Meaning To Self-Government
At Pickens’ behest, the Texas legislature changed state law to allow the two residents of an 8-acre parcel of land in Roberts County to vote to create a municipal water district, a government agency with eminent domain powers. Who were the voters? They were Pickens’ wife and the manager of Pickens’ nearby ranch. And who sits on the board of directors of this water district? They are the parcel’s three other non-resident landowners, all Pickens’ employees. What’s this got to do with Pickens’ wind-power plan? Just as he needs pipelines to sell his water, he also needs transmission lines to sell his wind-generated power. Rights of way for transmission lines are also acquired through eminent domain -- and, once again, the Texas legislature has come to Pickens’ aid. Earlier this year, Texas changed its law to allow renewable energy projects (like Pickens’ wind farm) to obtain rights-of-way by piggybacking on a water district’s eminent domain power.
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POPSShowing web content at Second Life: Torley's Tutorials Second Life has some new features, coming with the Release Candidate 1.19.1 and Torley Linden presents 3 awesome (as usual) video tutorials on how to use them. Now you can show web pages on screens at Second Life, something we have been waiting for long. (For those who don't know: Torley Linden is also a fellow clipper, check his stuff here . Excellent job Torley, thanks!)
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