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DRAFT OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 91 of 156 scientists in me, it was a survey circulating through online email and social networking sites. So 1 it’s not a scientific poll. 2 3 Michael Ogburn: I do not believe that it is either. I think it’s an opinion poll, much like probably the 4 pre-election polls, and it’s probably just as accurate. That said… 5 6 Matt Hughes: Well technically those types of polls people don’t seek them out though. 7 8 Michael Ogburn: Ok. Let’s… 9 10 Matt Hughes: It’s not a random sample… 11 12 Michael Ogburn: That’s fine. Let’s assume that in fact it is biased, ok, that’s fine. Again, somebody 13 took the time to at least do a survey. And I believe, if I recall correctly, their findings were 14 something like it had an impact on 78% of potential buyers. Right, let’s say that they missed it by a 15 factor of four. That’s still 20%. We understand that whether you agree with their numbers the 16 conclusion is that people don’t want to look on a big metal pole. I don’t find that to be difficult to 17 agree with. 18 19 Michael Harvey: Madame Chair, just for the record, we’re dealing with Opponents Exhibit 1. 20 21 Samantha Cabe: Ok, thank you. 22 23 Matt Hughes: The other question about this material was regarding inaudible 55:11 and their 24 perceived health affects from this and I was wondering… You said that... How do you account for 25 that when you appraise things, I mean, there’s things out there. Let’s say vaccines, for example, 26 people believe that vaccines can cause all sorts of diseases or afflictions including the current 27 occupant of the White House but that has no basis. So how does that? 28 29 Michael Ogburn: Ok, again, so… 30 31 Matt Hughes: So how do you account for things that where people are making an opinion of 32 something or it influences them. How do you? 33 34 Michael Ogburn: What is real, for those people, what it really is or what they perceive for it to be. 35 Well in their instance it may be perception, it really doesn’t make any difference as long as a 36 portion perceive it might be a problem. We understand if it’s one out of ten, if it’s one out of a 37 hundred, we’re still going to have a downward shift in that demand curve. 38 39 Matt Hughes: Let’s say, do you weight that downward shift differently versus someone who just 40 doesn’t want to look at a metal pole versus those who think there’s some sort of health issue? 41 42 Michael Ogburn: My personal opinion is that it’s much more of an eyesore factor than it is 43 because of the EMT’s. The only place that I’m aware of where proximity to tall metal poles is a 44 bonus is in New England it appears that snowmobilers like to be next to high power transmission 45 easement so they can zip up and down the hills. But other than that I haven’t found anywhere else 46 where they like to be next to big poles. 47 48 Matt Hughes: The other thing was the Journal Article you mentioned. 49 50 93