Recently Block RICL signs were damaged, removed and thrown at the end of my driveway and my 80-year-old, invalid mother’s yard in a neighboring town where I grew up. Whomever did this, please stop and find out more about the Block RICL cause before attacking individual members. Repeatedly shooting holes in signs adjacent to Interstate 39 endangers people and shows a level of anger that needs to be curbed.

Block RICL is a grassroots organization of friends, neighbors, landowners and concerned citizens who oppose Rock Island Clean Line’s plan to build 200-feet-tall 3,500 megawatt DC  current transmission lines across Iowa and Illinois. Block RICL does not oppose clean energy or jobs being brought to Illinois. We do oppose billions of dollars in unnecessary and irresponsible transmission line projects, which we, as consumers and taxpayers, will pay for.

The RICL company is privately-owned by investors who have a history of building and then selling to foreign investors.