You guessed it! There has been an objection filed against the submitted referendum which would give the voters of Naperville the opportunity to (drum roll please)..... VOTE on this matter of significant controversy and public concern.
After Fieseler's very pointed comments about the council having to weigh the will of the poelple or take a leadership role and maintain the program and the circus sideshow display we saw at the last council meeting by Chuck Schlabaugh, a Smart Grid Ambassador, we were hardly surprised.
And we ask the question again.....why not let the people's voices be heard?
This is Naperville right...smart, progressive, educated, and one of the best places to raise a family. Surely the voters are intelligent enough to weigh in on this issue.
Now lets get to the details:
"Naperville resident Bill Dawe, who filed the objection Tuesday afternoon, alleges the Naperville Smart Meter Awareness Group's referendum petition contains signatures from people outside city limits and a two-part referendum question, both of which he believes make it invalid." Click here to read full story.
Dawe has stressed in two seperate articles that he is acting alone and his involvement with NCEC (Naperville for Clean Energy and Conservation) is unrelated to his objection.
In the interest of transperancy we feel compelled to point out that Mr. Dawe sits on the Board of Directors for NCEC, NCEC has received SECA funds (awarded by the council), NCEC recently posted a request on their FB page for volunteers in the community willing to post yard signs in favor of the smart meters (wonder how those signs are being funded) and the President of NCEC has made personal campaign contributions to Councilman Fieseler.
Dawe's attempt to disassociate himself from NCEC is about as weak as his objections against the referendum.
Again we ask, what's the harm in allowing the people to vote? Given the opportunity, even Dawe could vote no on the question and actually allow his voice to be heard right along with the rest of us.
Now lets talk about a two part question: "Shall the City of Naperville immediately and permanently stop the implementation of the $22 million smart meter project and dismantle all related equipment?"
Don't get it the two parts? We didn't either, obviously if you stop the project your going to dismantle the equipment, right?
For clarification, the related equipment are the tropos and gatekeeper units attached to light poles in our neighborhoods, near our schools, and on top of the police and firehouses throughout the city. According to the city there is no other intended purpose for these units except to transmit customer utility data. They are also high radiation emitting devices and they have been transmitting standard network protocols since they were installed, ie: already blanketing our neighborhoods with radiation. And they cost the city $80,000 per year to maintain that equipment ($1.5M over 15 years).
So if there is no other intended purpose and residents vote to stop the project, then of course you would dismantle the equipment.
Two-part question, indeed??
Of additional note is that as of early last week, Councilman Fieseler was the only person to request (through FOIA) a copy of the petition. We'll know soon enough if Dawe also requested a copy, if he didn't...hum?
And by the way, don't be surprised if you signed the petition and get a personal phone call from Fieseler asking why you did. Although this is not actually illegal, it could be viewed as a form of intimidation and in our opinion, a really bad political move.
Bob - just let he people be heard!
We have received a copy of the objection and reiterate our original statement. We are confident that the petition will stand.
Thank you for the continued support and stay tuned.
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