While Ford was presenting the latest on the Tenaska proposal inside, a group of about half a dozen picketers walked outside the auditorium to protest the Tenaska project. They indicated they were representing the Sierra Club, an environmental group that has long opposed the project.

Here's a sample of audio from some of the picketers:

[audio:protest1013a.mp3]comment here[/audio]

The picketers left by the time Ford's presentation inside was over.