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[TowerTalk] A Sad Precedent

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Subject: [TowerTalk] A Sad Precedent
From: k3nd@yahoo.com (GALE STEWARD)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:18:03 -0800 (PST)






A couple of beefy guys in a dark blue Mercury could take care of the
problem!


> 
> w5ba@csi.com writes:
> 
> <<      "In what is called the first decision of its kind, a jury
Monday
> ordered
>  GTE Wireless to pay $1.2 MILLION to a city of Bunker Hill Village
couple who
> claim a 100-foot cellular phone TOWER NEAR their home has lessened
the value
> of their
>  property and caused them MENTAL ANGUISH. >>
> 
> 
> Throw in McDonnald's coffee case, Tobacco cases, OJ, Clintonade, now
gun
> manufacturers and there is a picture of "justice"!  What's next?
Knives,
> forks?
> Makes you sick and wishing to live somewhere away from this
"civilization." 
> I was kind of hoping to put up my Big Bertha here at the QTH, but it
would be
> cheaper to find the marsh with mosquitoes for it, than here among
"civilized"
> people. 
> All the new Ham training material should include the clause:
"Welcome to
> wonderful hobby of ham radio. Warning from Attorney General: You
could be sued
> and lose your last shirt if you put up the tower, cause interference
or in any
> other way cause mental anguish to your neighbors by engaging in your
radio
> activities." 
> I hope that above "couple" will use smoke signals or yell for help
next time
> they need it.
> Oh well, good think it is only a hobby! Off I go looking for marsh,
thanks for
> the precedent, saves me a bundle, I can plow that money into station
setup
> now. :-(
> I remember days in Toronto, where I had 110' Big Bertha with 62 ft
booms on a
> 46x120 ft city lot. Value of the house tripled since we bought it
and then a
> year later tripled again after we sold it. New owners gained 20 cu
yards
> concrete block in the backyard that they can use as an anchor for
the house in
> case of hurricane. :-) Nobody went to nut house, the neighbours were
proud of
> having such an landmark around and radio champ, who fixed their
electronic
> junk.
> 
> 73 Yuri K3BU/m, VE3BMV 
> welcome to year 2K
> 
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