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Date: 8 Apr 2023 16:16:29 +0000
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: Re: Detroit-area school chief quits over cell tower
controversy
On Saturday, April 8, 2023 7:54 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
> WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) =97 The superintendent of a Detroit-area school
> district has resigned amid protests over 5G wireless phone antennas
> near a school playground.
>
> There was applause Wednesday when the Wyandotte school board accepted
> the resignation of Catherine Cost, who had served for nearly 10 years.
>
> For weeks, some parents have vigorously objected to having the
> T-Mobile technology so close to kids at Washington Elementary School,
> citing health concerns. The district agreed to lease space on a
> chimney, though T-Mobile hasn't activated the antennas yet.
I did microwave installation work for about a year during my
seven years at MCI.
A microwave junction station at a location known as
'Louisville South' was being constructed.
The locals decided that the microwave dishes would 'sterilize
their children'.
They hired a lawyer and got our site construction permit
restrained. So the building contractor had to end the job.
The local residents were always crashing their four wheel
drive vehicles into the gate on the property. One fellow was caught
running down the hill carrying a bunch of our copper ground rods on
his shoulder. He had to drop them when our site personnel chased
after him [as they were so heavy that he couldn't run fast enough to
get away while carrying them].
We had to set up a temporary shelter to house our equipment so
the project could move forward.
One day, our department manager and director were standing
inside the temporary shelter when this fellow [who was described as
half hippie and half red neck in appearance] walked up to the shelter.
He looked inside the shelter and then looked up the tower at
the microwave dishes.
Then he yelled into the shelter, "Hey, man! Them is the
biggest speakers I have ever seen, man! Are you having a rock concert
up here, man? I'm going to be here for this rock concert, man!".
Then he left.
For thirty minutes, everyone stood motionless and never said a
word.
Then the local site manager said they got visitors like that
all of the time.
They finally got the judge's order lifted. So, the building
for the station was completed and the equipment moved into it. I had
been sent on to another project elsewhere in the nation before that
occurred.
They built a very strong security wall all the way around the
property. They also hired an alarm monitoring company to keep
surveillance on it.
That was the only junction station in the entire country that
adopted those extremes for site security.
Regards,
Fred
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