Cell Tower in the Knolls: The Industrialization of Residential America
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Cell Tower in the Knolls
The Industrialization of Residential America
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All across America, towns are fighting the proliferation of cell towers
in middle-class neighborhoods,
an all-out offensive by the Telecom industry to
industrialize residential America.
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It’s happening in my town, too, but in my town, Ridgefield, we face a
different set of circumstances.
While other Connecticut towns push back against the Telecoms,
our town invites them in.
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Anatomy of a Lie
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The First LieLocation
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“I have no idea as to the location, (of the cell tower) other than that it’s
in the Ridgebury area somewhere — private land.”
-Rudy MarconiProgress continues on cell site: Marconi, March 13, 2013, Ridgefield Press
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As the town secretly negotiated with the cell tower company
to grant them an access easement
Deed for Map D08 Lot P/O Lot 0124, Volume 981 Page: 949, Map D08 Lot D-2,Vol 717 Page 547, Vol. 970 Pages 1110- 1118 and Map #8830
on the land that would become the cell tower site
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The Second Lie Before the
Land Swap Vote
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“We have no intention of using any of this property
as a cell tower.”
-Rudy Marconi
Voters pass land swap, over objections of some, May 7, 2013, Ridgefield Press
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The Vote Gave the Cell Tower Site
an Access Road
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The Third Lie Visual Impact
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“Marconi said the tower would be difficult to see close by
or from a distance.”
-Ridgefield Press
Cell tower plans in state’s hands, February 3, 2014, Ridgefield, Press
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A Blight on the Ridge
View from Hobby Drive
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Marconi Targeted the Knolls
A Long Time Ago
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“There was never any other location…”
-Rudy Marconi
Ridgebury Cell Tower: Information Session Shows Lack Of Neighborhood Support, April 13, 2011, Ridgefield Patch
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A Lack of Disclosure
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Sketchy ExplanationsApprox. 20 Cell Sites
Considered then Dismissed
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AT&T Nov. 13 Cell Tower Report, Town Hall Records
Why?
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A Blighton a Historic Ridgeline
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Simulation Photograph from 2011 Balloon test (to scale)
Ridgebury Ridge
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If You Build the Tower,They Won’t Come
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“They were worried about the property values... ...If your home is near a cell antenna, the value of your property is
going down at least 4 percent. Depending on the size of the tower and
the proximity, it is going down 10 percent.”
A Pushback Against Cell Towers, August 10, 2010, New York Times
-Andrew J. Campanelli civil rights lawyer,Garden City
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Evidence Contradicts FCC StandardsHealth Risks Real
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Most Respected Environmental Affairs Magazine
The Ecologist - http://www.theecologist.org
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Lobbyists Wrote the 1996 Telecom Act
Scary Radiation Facts
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U.S. Exposure Among Highest
Health Effects from Cell Phone Tower Radiation, Copyright © 2008 Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center
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The Questions
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More Cell Towers in Residential
Neighborhoods?
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“The Cell Tower Won’t Cover All the Gaps.”
-C. Fisher, Attorney, Homeland Towers
Dec.13, 2013 Meeting, Ridgefield Town Hall
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Why can cell towers be near homes with children,
but not near schools?
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So Many Questions,So Few Answers