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The "Linchpin" for a Group of Cell Phone Towers
The motives of our neighbor in this plan are clear: to line his pockets at the expense of his community. But what are Sprint's motives, especially since the market need for this one cell tower has not been adequately demonstrated to the Town of Easton? This cell phone tower, if constructed, will generate revenue through colocation, by which Sprint will lease the tower for use by multiple cell phone service providers. This is why AT&T has referred to the Burr Street plan as the "linchpin" for a group planned by Sprint and AT&T. If this plan is pushed through by Sprint and the Connecticut Siting Council after its unanimous rejection by Easton's Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of Selectmen, our town zoning laws will be rendered meaningless, and nothing will stop Sprint and other cell phone companies from building towers throughout Easton, in surrounding communities, and right in your own neighborhood. One cell phone tower today, perhaps one dozen next year, and one hundred the year after that, and the rights of citizens and taxpayers trampled. Is this democracy? |