[BC] Valcom Whip

[Steve Lewis]

I spent weeks in Virginia Beach trying to find a tower site that complied
with our technical requirements and the city's hatred of any kind of tower.
They grudgingly allow cell towers which are multitenant and somewhat hidden
from plain site, but any mention of a broadcasting tower sends these people
into some robot-like response mode.  They won't tell you that they'll never
approve a site, just that you have to spend weeks getting the planning
people on board THEN get it put on the City Council agenda which is another
four months or so, and there are no guarantees the council will approve it
even if the planning department does.  I've never heard of such a thing like
this, though I'm sure there are other communities with a staff of nimrods
running them.

-----Original Message-----
bounces at radiolists.net] From: Jerry Mathis

If a municipality objects to the necessary placement and construction of
cell towers, using unreasonable rules and regulations, tell them that if
they are given a hard time and forced to spend huge amounts of extra money,
they will discontinue ALL service to that municipality until the bullsh**
stops. Then DO IT!!