I took a long lunch and drove to downtown San Diego to the California Public Utilities Commission meeting at the San Diego County Building. Of course downtown parking is a nightmare, so $13.00 later I showed up and signed in with the Sierra Club. I came to find later that there was free parking right next to the County building.  Note to self : read email thoroughly next time. 

Small but dedicated group

It was pretty funny because the pro Sunrise PowerLink group were wearing green T-Shirts to signify enviro-friendly or whatever you want to call it.  Whatever side you are on : putting 160+ ft. 500Kw towers through a State Park is far from being environmentally friendly.

I signed up to speak at the desk and was given number 76 which at 3 minutes a pop meant I would have been there almost 4 hours waiting. Luckily there were a lot of people speaking that were far more articulate than me and they pretty much said what I wanted to say. I turned in my speech to the desk and drove back to UCSD.

I heard some great points being made. One of the strongest I thought was a lady who stated “Why are we even here? When a place is designated as a State Park why are we allowing businesses and politicians to come in and try to take it away?”.

Good point and I hope the CPUC really thinks hard on that one.