"As you all know from press reports, I did send a letter to NH’s Site Evaluation Committee chastising Clean Power Development’s pre-trial testimony regarding Laidlaw. As your mayor, I continue to support both projects. As you also know, I testifi ed in front of the same committee in Concord in support of Clean Power. I feel that both of these two entities should concentrate on developing their own projects and leave the other developer’s projects alone. To say the Laidlaw project would disrupt “orderly development” in Coos County is far from the truth. In my capacity as Coos County commissioner, I have made many good contacts and friends throughout Coos. People in our county are hurting really bad, including those in the logging/ jobbing business. Less public has been my constant communication to PSNH on Clean Power issues, particularly the easement issues. With last week’s agreement to work together, I’m hoping there will be some land use agreement that will satisfy both companies in the not too distant future."