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March 15 to be eligible this year.
Red Oak Best Site
According to a recent county survey, Poling continued, Red Oak Mountain is the prime location for the tower. He added that a tower there could also handle communications between hospitals and ambulances planned for the future when advanced life support systems are included in rescue equipment.
The owner of the Woodville mountain top, however, has refused to either sell or lease the site, according to Poling. ‘‘We have been turned down (with) a flat no," he said. Alternative sites on Bessie Bell, Jenkins and Hickerson Mountains would require taller, more expensive towers plus the added cost of running power and telephone lines to the location, Poling reported.
‘‘There’s a possibility of making the site (on Red Oak Mountain) available if you went through the right process of eminent domain," Poling told the supervisors. He added that the property owner is opposed to allowing the tower on esthetic grounds. According to Poling, the abandoned fire tower already on the site is 25 feet high, approximately the same heigth needed for the communications tower. As the rescue services spokesman, he said, he’d offered to paint the tower so that it blends into the surroundings but the land owner “wasn’t interested.”
Condemnation?
“I hate to sound tough,” responded supervisor E. P. Luke, “but we have to solve these problems and we’re getting waylaid by the public at every dam turn...One way to keep taxes down is with a strong volunteer effort and strong public cooperation.” In trying to deal with the
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