DTC wrote:
> John Navas wrote:
>> The law actually doesn't work that way -- it's actually hard to block
>> towers.
>
> I'll take it up a notch and say its more like damned impossible to block
> new towers.

LOL, I guess the people in my city are a real anomaly. It's actually not
hard to prevent towers from going in, but a lot depends on the
government of the city in question. You can't block a site based on
health concerns, but there is a plethora of issues to raise when
fighting a site.

Cingular and then T-Mobile tried for about eight years to put in a site
at a small shopping center about a mile from me. They were successfully
blocked at every turn. There were endless public hearings, and finally
they gave up trying. Then they tried a fake tree site across from the
shopping center, but that was also successfully blocked by NIMBYs.

I'm not saying that what the nearby residents did was a good thing, but
it's important to understand what the law actually says regarding cell
sites and refusing to allow them. You can stop them, just not for the
wrong reason.