Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County welcomes Stephanie Alexander at 6:30 PM Thursday, June 11, in the Big Dam Room at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 West I-20, Cisco. She will be joined remotely by Melissa Bilby, a Wyoming reclamation and insurance specialist with ties to this community. Alexander and Bilby are standing against solar farm proliferation in Eastland County.Rural America is being targeted, Alexander and Bilby say, because those areas are financially weaker; land values are lower; and absentee landowners are likely targets to sign contracts on rural tracts.Alexander and Bilby believe there are better options for solar installations, such as parking garages and large commercial buildings like Amazon or Walmart warehouses. Communities with solar farms do not even get lower utility rates to offset the disadvantages. These include aesthetic as well as financial considerations. Will neighboring property values fall? Will agricultural or commercial tax rates apply? Can contracts for solar farms be sold to another company? Who is responsible for repairs or cleanup if hail or storm damage leaves shards of glass everywhere? What happens if the solar company goes bankrupt? Is the company bonded? How good is the bond? What of disruptions to traffic and impacts on roads? Will it affect wildlife and weather patterns?Such questions need answers before the productivity, beauty and tranquility of rural Texas are irretrievably lost. Please join us Thursday, June 11th, for this important discussion. Doors open at 6 PM. All are welcome.
My name is Stephanie Alexander and I am a 2007 Eastland High School graduate. I attended the University of Texas at Tyler where I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and later completed my masters degree in business administration.
My husband and I both come from families that have called this community home. In 2021 we decided to return to Eastland to raise our children here. We wanted to give them the same small town culture that we had the opportunity to enjoy as we grew up.
