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Post by lilly on Dec 20, 2010 11:22:42 GMT -5
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Post by Chris_Wendt on Dec 20, 2010 14:53:09 GMT -5
...and with special thanks to Michael Tomeo and the Wantagh Concerned Citizens...
Well Done, everyone!
Chris Wendt
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Post by Mike T. on Dec 21, 2010 13:09:36 GMT -5
Thanks Chris, although I only assisted in the effort. The real credit goes to Pam Dempsey, without her dedication and team leadership; the outcome would have been much different. I'm just proud of being surrounded by such wonderful and caring neighbors; it is this type of effort that differentiates Wantagh from other towns.
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Post by bradnanita on Dec 24, 2010 18:28:33 GMT -5
Great accomplishment. Now T-Mobile users will continue to get much more radiation than they otherwise would be getting and the synagogue will lose much needed revenue. Isn't it about time that somebody learned the science? Cell phones are here to stay, and nothing people living in the past can do will stop them, and they will not work without base stations. Politics won, and the people lost. Ignorance triumphs!
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Post by lilly on Dec 27, 2010 12:38:30 GMT -5
TofH has more cell towers than any other locale on LI bc there were no regulations in place. Now, why do you think all the other locales on LI had those regs in place?
TMobile can surely rent space from the cell towers already in place e.g., animal shelter, SOB as opposed to the free-for-all that was going on in prior to the new TofH regs. The cell companies will have to learn to play nicely together in the sandbox like they have elsewhere.
FWJC (generous, tax-free) revenue at great expense to their neighbors. Not exactly neighborly.
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Post by bradnanita on Dec 27, 2010 23:50:43 GMT -5
Wherever T-Mobile or any of the other suppliers seek to install the additional base station capacity needed to keep up with escalating demand there will always be NIMBY opposition, and the bottom line reason will be the fear mongering that has been so effective. Yes, ToH may have more cell towers than any other political entity in Nassau or Suffolk counties (other than one of the entire counties) but that is because it has the most people. What is it on a per capita basis?
Cell service suppliers try to place their base stations where the needs are. To place them other than where the needs are serves only to increase cost, power consumption, and total radiation. The public eventually pays the cost and it the public that is exposed to the extra radiation.
Clever slogans always seem to trump technical reality. Ignorance always seems to triumph over science.
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Post by lilly on Dec 29, 2010 17:31:43 GMT -5
The government has not necessarily proven that there are no health risks associated with these cell towers. That remains tbd. All they did was say in the 1996 FTC regs that health risks could not be used as an argument against cell towers. Who funded the available research to date and what it says/doesn't say should be considered, there are probably patterns in the conclusions based on who funded the research (cell industry vs. private groups). And, in fact there is another government study by the FDA underway so it appears even the federal government is unconvinced either way.
That said, tbd health risks were not a factor in the zoning board's decision on the FWJC cell towers. It was TMobile's inability to demonstrate need plus overall negative effects on the community as well as a bunch of other things. FWJC is a house of worship smack in the middle of single family residential homes, not a commercial zone, so don't see how the unsightly antennas could be justified.
Yes, everyone uses cell phones nowadays. Theoretically, TMobile should be able to lease space off existing towers. Every cell phone company does not need their own set of towers by town. I'm glad ToH regs were established, to curtail the free for all on erecting these towers and to do so in a more thoughtful, planned way.
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