for water rights and the quickest way to get water rights was to get the access via windmills as he figured nobody would give him a second look for windmills.
Turns out when people were smart enough to see what he was really about they declined him the rights to the land.
However when I read Tom's message I couldn't help but feel sad for how Pickins has mislead the public to the point that he is believed by people like Tom. On the other hand if Tom is believing that windmills are disturbing the air flow then he should really start advocating the demolishing of any building with more surface area then a windmill. After all, we don't want the air flow disturbed."
