AT&T Cell Tower Proposal Defeated
Wilmette Park District Commissioners voted to end negotiations Monday evening.
Not a hand rose in agreement with the president of the Wilmette Park District's board of commissioners, Dennis O'Malley, when he asked if anyone else wanted to install an antenna in Centennial Park to boost AT&T's cellular network. "Is there anybody in the room who is in support of the tower?" O'Malley asked the room. Silence. The votes were cast: six to nix the plan, one — comissioner Mike Murdock— to keep it on the table. The room erupted into cheers and clapping. The voice of Wilmette had been heard; there would be no AT&T cell tower built near Centennial Ice Rink. More than 100 people gathered Monday evening at Village Hall to protest the tower because of potential health risks and devaluation of property, among other things. Dennis …
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Paco
12:39 pm on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
If the concerns of the residents and Dr. Hirsch regarding the saftey to children who will be at the pool as much as 120 days a year was really of paramount concern and the reason for the commissioners to reject the AT&T proposal, why then are they not looking at the cell tower at Village Hall? That tower is way too low, has way too many radio transmitters and is too close to preschools in three … more ›