Board
members
of
utility
Kansas
City
Power
&
Light
were
looking
at
whether
to
put
money
into
a
wind
project.
While
eating
at
a
restaurant
across
from
a
baseball
field,
one
of
them
noticed
that
a
child
had
hit
a
ground
ball.
Another
youngster
fielded
and
threw
the
ball
towards
first
base,
but
the
wind
stopped
it
in
mid-air.
The
board
member
told
his
colleagues:
“We’re
in
the
right
place
to
put
a
wind
farm.”
Brownback
laughs
out
loud
at
the
scene
he
describes.
He
is
all
too
familiar
with…
