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Factual Timeline: Sprint's Easton Agenda

  • April 2000 (approximate)
    Ron Kowalski, owner of cell tower property location enters into a contract (after transferring property title to his wife) with his firm's client Sprint to build a 150 foot cell tower and diesel-generated plant on his property. (He is a lawyer with Stamford law firm Cacace, Tusch, Santagata, a firm representing Sprint cell tower placement and advice on how to support the Siting Council in Connecticut.) The contract, which we have not seen, would provide him money personally for leasing his land to Sprint plus ongoing monthly residuals. (Kowalski has refused to divulge details of his business arrangement to Easton Planning & Zoning as requested, or anyone else, but similar deals are valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.) Ron Kowalski neither notifies or consults with any neighbors of this business deal.

  • 2001
    Ron Kowalski becomes a member of the Easton Planning & Zoning commission and is currently a member of this committee. He belated notifies P&Z of his intention to recuse himself from discussion of votes on cell tower-related issues but continues to attend every meeting and hearing at which cell tower applications are discussed, including his own.

  • August 2001
    Sprint pre-applies for this tower with the town with a town hearing in November, at which time the town P&Z rejects the application unanimously.

  • February 15, 2002
    Sprint notifies abutters that they plan to apply for this cell tower with the Siting Council - an independent body designed to override towns towards the faster proliferation of cell towers (2002 voted 100% approvals).

  • November 2002
    A crane performs testing on 25 Burr Street property.

  • December 2, 2002
    AWPG learns from the Siting Council that an application to them is imminent - within one month.

  • Feruary 4, 2003
    Sprint notifies abutting homeowners of its intention to file application for 25 Burr Street with Connecticut Siting Council "on or about February 14, 2003".

  • October 10, 2003
    Sprint files application for 25 Burr Street with Connecticut Siting Council.
Ron Kowalski, also chairman of the town Democratic Committee, continues to lobby for development throughout the town - his mantra is :"Easton is not a farming community anymore".