The Virginia Peaks Wind Project is nothing but a money grab by all government agencies involved. Washoe County wants the increased property taxes they will raise on ALL properties in Washoe County. Washoe County also will benefit from the increase in gasoline tax that will ultimately follow to improve the huge increase in road traffic to that remote area. NV Wind, the sales front for this project, will make its money off of a percentage of the conglomerate purchase that eventually buys the project and erects the industrial wind facility. The conglomerate will get 150 to 300 million (depending on how many "phases" the WCPC will allow) dollars in TAX CREDITS. NVEnergy, our monopoly utility in Nevada, will get a subsidy, as will the producer of the wind energy, because this is federally mandated. Wind energy is the LEAST efficient of alternative energies (the wind only blows some times and can only convert that wind into 30 per cent efficient power). The base power plant in Tracy will get subsidized because they now have to power down their natural gas turbines to accept the wind energy, creating huge increases in fuel consumption and increased maintenance on turbines that were just purchases and now have to be run on a less efficient stand by mode. The state will make money because they will allow the energy conglomerate to lessen their write-down on the TAX CREDITS from 10-20 years to 5 years and the state will get a kick back of 15 percent of the TAX CREDITS and put it in the general fund of the state treasury to spend as they please. And guess where all this money goes to pay all those multi-billionairs and multi-millionairs and stock holders who expect a dividend....YOU, the TAXPAYER who funds these credits and subsidies with your TAX DOLLARS, both federal and state taxes on you purchases. Yes, this is just another way to screw the TAXPAYER and socialize the profiteering of big corporations, just like we do with EXXON, HALIBURTON, AIG, GOLDMAN SACHS, and all the others you have heard or read about. These guys are gaming the system and haven't even offered you a jar of vaseline. How's it feel, Joe and Joella American? Aren't you tired of taking it yet. Call and write Harry Reid, John Ensign, Dean Heller and Gov. Gibbons at least every week until this madness stops. We can't even educate our kids because of budget cut backs yet we can still give away hundreds of millions of dollars to billion dollar profit companies that will give us a few jobs. We need real development NOT this type of shuck and jive. Bring us manufacturing jobs of high tech components, infrastructure equipment and public service needs like hospitals, clinics and schools. You the CITIZEN deserve what you get but usually get what you deserve because you won't demand your government do SOMETHING!!!