Very interesting experience at the TVA Board meeting yesterday... I'm working on a longer post about their decision to say yes to Bellefonte, but wanted to post this nice footage from the Knoxville News-Sentinel's YouTube channel. While people spoke out against Bellefonte inside TVA's tower, some awesome folks (denied admittance to the meeting) reached out to folks on the Market Square side of the block to talk about why Bellefonte's revival is a bad idea:
Yesterday, a story from WBIR documented the testimony of a half-zombie who got into one of the Two Towers:
A partial zombie, of sorts, managed to make it pass security during the Tennessee Valley Authority listening session Thursday morning.
Matt Landon, a member of United Mountain Defense, an association to which many of the protestors have claimed membership, dressed in a suit and tie to speak to the board.
He talked about his opposition to nuclear power for several reasons, including safety. At the conclusion of his comments, however, Landon said he had been bitten by one of the zombies outside, then ran his fingers through his hair to mess it up, and, in a low monotone voice, began mumbling as he was led from the room as both the crowd and some members of the board chuckled.
It was a sweet moment in a zombie kind of way. Matt had some serious comments to present to the Board, and then let the zombie in him out in a way that made a point but was not (in my opinion) disruptive. It was a good demo of a citizen exercising free and creative speech on a critical issue. Well done, Matt!
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