The only solution is to land yourself a membership on that same planning
board, and use your gray matter to influence others. I see a lot of
planning boards, zoning boards, etc. are comprised entirely of unpaid
volunteers, who are worth a bit less than what they're paid. I attended a
zoning board hearing in the County of Ventura (CA) several years ago, in
support of an OT who simply wanted to re-build his house exactly the way it
had been built before it burned down due to lightning, and the board members
were pretty much dumber than dirt -- about half seemed to be bored
housewives who never had any sort of career, so volunteered for county
service. Ugh. -WB2WIK/6
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N6KJ [SMTP:kelly@thejohnsons.ws]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:16 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Chicago Tribune: Antenna Stirs Static Among
> Neighbors
>
> What happened to "Freedom" and "Personal Property Rights"? Zoning
> boards have gone way overboard. Where does control end? I keep hearing
> this word "eyesore" thrown around. Well, I happen to find tall towers
> quite beautiful. People pay money to fly to Paris and look at that
> big "eyesore" called the Eiffel Tower. People pay millions of dollars to
> buy homes in the San Francisco Marina district where they have a view
> of the Golden Gate Bridge out the front door. I happen to think the color
> of my neighbors house is an "eyesore", but I don't feel it is my right to
> control everything they do. Who died and left "City Planners" in charge?
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:56:32 -0700, Bill Turner wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:17:38 -0400, "Jerry Muller" <k0tv@adelphia.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >This guy got off easy. I live in "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire and
> had to
> > >spend over $25K in legal fees to protect three towers on six acres that
> are
> > >almost invisible. (New Hampshire Supreme Court, Marchand v. Hudson)
> > >
> > >Jerry, K0TV
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > Seems to me that you're the one that got off easy. I can see the
> > justification for one tower being necessary at a height of 75 feet or
> > so, but I understand yours are 90 feet, right? And three of them?
> >
> > I'm all in favor of ham radio - been licensed for 46 years - but even
> > I might think that's pushing the neighbors a bit.
> >
> > --
> > 73, Bill W7TI
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
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