Cartoon "ABCs and NRGs" by Brent Brown

Once it is finally constructed, the new Isaac Dickson Elementary School may have a new next-door neighbor in the future. The proposed Duke Energy substation plans for the site have drawn protests from some parents and nearby residents. Duke Energy spokespersons assure those concerned groups that EMF is A-OK. Whether such assurances will quell the FUD remains to be seen, but here is how a future conversation may go.

Update: Duke later delayed and then dropped the plans for the Hill St. site. That doesn’t mean that a future site wouldn’t bring the same protests back.

 

Originally published in the 6/3/15 print edition of the Asheville alt weekly, “The Mountain Xpress”

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