decaturtxcowboy wrote:

> Getting approval is pretty much a trivial task now. Planning commissions
> and home owners have no more recourses to deny an application.

What the planning commission can't do, is to deny a cell tower permit on
the basis of the alleged _health effects_. That's all that the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 states. There are plenty of other reasons
to deny a permit, including asthetics, that are still fair game for
denying a permit.