[TowerTalk] Chicago Tribune: Antenna Stirs Static Among Neigh bors

[Steve Katz]

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 at thejohnsons.ws]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:16 AM
> To:	towertalk at 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 at 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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> and
> > ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> > 
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> Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with
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