Last night, the StopPATHWV, Inc. Executive Committee met to celebrate their victory (again... never pass up an opportunity to celebrate your victories!) and make some decisions about the future of the corporation (more on that soon).
In addition to a delicious Italian dinner, Steve thawed out and served "the top of our wedding cake." It may have looked a little tired around the edges (like we all do!), but it tasted just as fresh as the day it was originally served during our PATH funeral in May of 2011. This "mini-cake" was cut from one of the big cakes at the party and tucked away in a freezer waiting for just this moment. It was delicious!
In addition to a delicious Italian dinner, Steve thawed out and served "the top of our wedding cake." It may have looked a little tired around the edges (like we all do!), but it tasted just as fresh as the day it was originally served during our PATH funeral in May of 2011. This "mini-cake" was cut from one of the big cakes at the party and tucked away in a freezer waiting for just this moment. It was delicious!
To illustrate the more than FOUR (4) years of hard work and dedication StopPATH WV, Inc. members have invested in exposing the truth about the lack of need for this project, take a look at four years of change on our best "little buddy" Sam Smith (who now towers over everyone on the committee except his own father). Sam was 8-years old when some power company geeks used their transmission line routing etch-a-sketch to draw a route for their PATH project right across the street from his house. Here's Sam 2 1/2 years ago. Here's Sam last night, now a happy, healthy 12-year old, consuming all that's left of PATH:
Sam has been an important part of our group during some of his most formative years. He assisted us at many, many fundraisers and public events (for example hawking silly band filled balloons to other kids at the fair in exchange for donations to StopPATH WV) and sat through a plethora of boring meetings, and along the way Sam learned more about the PATH project than many adults! And he always served as a reminder to us of what was at stake and why we persisted in stopping PATH. We hope that we will be able to effect enough positive change to what passes for energy policy in this country in our lifetimes so that Sam will never be presented with a situation like PATH when he's an adult. However, if he is, Sam will know exactly what to do. Thanks for all your help and inspiration, Sam!
Along with just a few other toasts of the liquid variety, we also toasted the dead PATH project with its own funeral cake!
Along with just a few other toasts of the liquid variety, we also toasted the dead PATH project with its own funeral cake!
Yeah, yeah, we just like making toasts! We also took a collective walk down memory lane, reminiscing over our favorite moments during the PATH fight and having a good laugh (of course, it was at your expense again, dear, dear PATH!) and the Committee requested that I ask the rest of you to post your favorite moment from the PATH fight here in the comments for this post.
We did it, everyone!
And, before we close... a picture is worth 1,000 words! What were you thinking, PATH?!?
We did it, everyone!
And, before we close... a picture is worth 1,000 words! What were you thinking, PATH?!?
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