Subject:  PSC tower--ONE DOWN! (fwd)
Date:     Mon, 10 Aug 1998 124006 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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.......Earlier today a member of this group was mildly (and
appropriately) critical of the way I am doing some things on
this network......  I'm not forwarding ALL the messages that
are received.....  True!!!  ......Believe me, if I did, you folks
would get "buried" out there.......  Anyway, you can be sure
that I will ALWAYS forward messages like the following......
.......guru.......


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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:28:34 -0400
From: Rose_Terray@pcmailgw.ml.com
To: rbeavers@mail.llion.org, thistle@plainfield.bypass.com
Subject: PSC tower--ONE DOWN!

     We've been fighting a 150' PSC tower, originally planned to be 
     sited a 100 feet from our backyard, since May '98.  The good news 
     is that it was voted down 5 to 2 by our local zoning board at their 
     last meeting.
     
     The support I got from your sources was very helpful.  
     
     The key elements that were fundamental to our success were:
     
     1) Allowing variances for one PCS supplier would leave the 
     community open to any other carriers that demanded the same 
     consideration, and the drafting of an ordinance was essential to 
     the community's peace of mind; 2) Homes considered historical and a 
     train station dating from the last century, gave us credibility 
     without our gaining the historical designation; 3) An Omnipoint 
     representative in the first hearing stated that our area was not 
     covered and trying to use a PCS phone in our area would result in a 
     "No Network" message in the display.  We got their phone and 
     explained in the next meeting where it was used and how without our 
     getting a "No Network" message; 4) We avoided any discussion of 
     health concerns; 5) We mentioned property values being affected, 
     and the ZB chairman asked the PCS company representative to bring a 
     witness and/or evidence to negate our fears to the following 
     meeting, but he didn't, and, 6) We discovered later that behind the 
     scenes one of our neighbors leaned on a ZB member to vote against 
     the tower, and the landowner, who was wanting the revenue, 
     recruited two board members to vote for the tower--so much for the 
     democratic process
     
     We're still calling it a victory, no matter what happens next. We 
     were only three determined people.  It can be done!
     
     Thanks for the help.
     
     Rose Terray
     Cranbury, NJ



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