Wind farm opponents file suit over sign ordinance

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Four Morrison residents on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against town officials for prohibiting residents from placing signs with political or religious messages on their property, according to a Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty news release.

In 2006, Invenergy began approaching landowners in Morrison and other nearby communities seeking to get contracts permitting the construction of 400-foot-tall wind turbines. The Invenergy Ledge Wind Energy Project, according to the release, is a proposed project that could include 100 wind turbines with a capacity of more than 100 megawatts.

The lawsuit — filed by James and Barbara Vanden Boogart and construction business owner Jon Morehouse and his wife, Lori Morehouse — claims town officials are using a sign ordinance to prevent residents from voicing opposition to the wind turbine development, according to the release.

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The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the ordinance and, according to the release, residents are seeking punitive damages and attorney fees from town officials.