Subject:  (Maitman) Request for info - Cell Towers (fwd)
Date:     Wed, 14 Jul 1999 104331 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:15:33 -0400
From: Breakthrough Associates 
To: "Dr. Neil Cherry" , idgfilms@earthlink.net,
    mrgary@flipag.net, khayes@igc.org, rriedlin@uniserve.com,
    rob.lauder@xtra.co.nz, rbeavers@llion.org, w-m-a@reach.net
Subject: Request for info - Cell Towers

Dear colleagues,

My name is Mark Maitman, and I live in Toronto, Canada. I am in the midst
of a battle involving the City of Toronto and two cell phone companies.

To make a long story short, the city leased their property on the site of a
municipal water tower to two cellular suppliers, without even informing the
residents surrounding the lot.  One set of 6 transmitters has already been
built, and the second company is poised to begin construction.

I live next door: my back deck is no more than 20 metres from the tower.

We have garnered a lot of publicity, and have at least one local politician
on our side. Tomorrow, that councillor is presenting a motion to the
community council demanding that the the contracts be cancelled and
recommending that the city approve a policy of "prudent avoidance." -- if
they approve, it goes to the full city council.

I have been invited to speak, and have already received a wealth of
information from around the world, but one piece that would really help me
would be a summary of cases where municipalities or other political
councils have stepped in to prevent or move inappropriate cell towers.

If you have any information along this line, we would really appreciate it
ASAP.  We'll keep everyone informed of our progress.

Thanks in advance.


Mark Maitman & Dale Sutton
Citizens for a Healthy Future
brkthru@istar.ca





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