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Hey Atkinson, we got rid of those cell tower cockroaches.
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Posted by Dennis Herrick on February 03, 2007 at 21:23:15:
Hey Atkinson, we got rid of those cell tower cockroaches over in Plaistow. Now it's your turn. However your task will be more difficult. We already have cell phone coverage from a water tower in the center of our town. We had our health and safety blitz a few years back and not only are we covered, but we're stuck. The ugly water tower that rudely marks the center of our town should have been demolished along with the Chart Industries plant. But, our town fathers and their Attorney Sumner Kalman work diligently to make the cell tower happen? Thanks Selectmen? Way to go, Sumner? Hey, you're becoming quite the cell tower facilitator? Another win for you in East Kingston? Do you get to collect a fee from all the parties involved? The towns and the cell companies? What a lucrative deal for you?
The claim in Atkinson is that for the sake of safety a central cell tower needs to be installed. So they've chosen a high point right in the middle of your town too. Smack dab in the middle of a proposed historic district. Ours is in our proposed Village district. How nice. Since the chances of your tower passing is becoming slim, they've dredged up the Hog Hill Road site that was supposed to be too politically difficult to consider. How convenient. They're snakes, all of them.
Snakes is exactly the right term to use in this situation. The tower is simply not needed in this town and people should make sure that these people do not get their way. You know that they always have the convenient 'post 9-11' card to play but don't fall for it. This is Atkinson and not some metropolis or seaport with actual targets.
ReplyDeleteWhy have we heard nothng abot the "other options"? I heard vehicle repeaters mentioned at a cost of $1,000-$10,000. Why aren't we looking into that?
ReplyDeleteI cant believe that the tower in the middle of town has gotten this far...anyone in there right mind would never of suggested a gigantic eyesore in town center...
ReplyDeleteThere are other solutions for communications from what i have heard, and i cant believe this was the the one to pursue.
Mr. Boyle mentioned at town meeting the possibility of repeaters in the cruisers for $1k to $10k. Why didn't they look into that? I did a quick google search and found lots of info on these, including prices(cheap) and articles written by chiefs all over the country that swear by them.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like these guys started out saying "ok, we need a tower, how do we get it and where do we put it?
yeah, the difference is that over here it is NOT a cell tower, but a PD comm tower!
ReplyDeleteIt is being dishonestly sold as a cell tower to make it more palatable for the masses!
This is dishonest!
have you all seen the tower, what it will look like? i have, and all i have to say is no way on gods green earth would i entertain such an abomination.
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