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A COMMUNITY OUTRAGED AT A
PROPOSED POWER LINE PATH BANDS
TOGETHER TO SPEAK OUT.
TONIGHT CLARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
RESIDENTS GATHERED IN
MARSHALL TO FIGHT THE PROPOSED
ILLINOIS RIVERS
PROJECT BY THE POWER COMPANY
AMEREN.
NEWS 10'S MATT GREGORY JOINS US
LIVE IN STUDIO WITH THE LATEST
FROM MARSHALL MATT?
ONE OF THE PROPOSED PATHS OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVERS PROJECT
BY AMEREN ENERGY TAKES A LINE OF
HIGH VOLTAGE POWER
CABLES RIGHT THROUGH CLARK
COUNTY...
AND RIGHT THROUGH THE BACKYARDS
OF THE CITIZENS
WHO GATHERED IN MARSHALL
TONIGHT.
THE STOP THE POWER LINE COALTION
ORGANIZED THE
RALLY WHICH TOOK PLACE AT ST.
MARY'S PARISH HALL IN
MARSHALL. SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS
AND BUSINESS OWNERS EXPLAINED
HOW THE PROPOSED
POWER LINES THREATENED NOT ONLY
THEIR JOBS, BUT THEIR WAY
OF LIFE. ACROSS TOWN, THE
MARSHALL
CITY COUNCIL'S WEEKLY MEETING
HAD A NEW RESOLUTION AT
THE BOTTOM OF THEIR AGENDA. THE
RESOLUTION CALLED FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THE
PROJECT. WHICH IS SOMETHING
SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE
COUNTY AS WELL AS THE FARM
BUREAU HAVE ALREADY DONE,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SAY
TONIGHT IS ABOUT
GATHERING SUPPORT TO MAKE AN
IMPACT IN THE FUTURE.
"WE WANNA SEE EVERYBODY EXCITED
ABOUT COMING OUT AND
TRYING TO HELP US AND NOT TO
THINK THAT THEY CANT DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK IF WE
ALL WORK TOGETHER WE
CAN HAVE AN IMPACT. S OWE ARE
JUST TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE
COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT MAYBE WE
CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.
"
THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE THE
PROJECT JUST AN HOUR AGO. BACK
TO YOU.
THE FINAL DECISION ON THE PLAN
WOULD COME DOWN
DURING THE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.