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BY MARY BETH MARTIN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The specter of 200-foot telecommunications towers with warning lights being built on mountaintops elicited a lively discussion at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday.
County Administrator John McCarthy suggested a public meeting to determine public sentiment for cellular telephone service.
The board decided to hold a joint public meeting with the Planning Commission in mid-March at the high school with the telecommunications companies also being invited to present their ideas.
“It is the subject of a lot of litigation,” said County Attorney Peter Luke. He advised the board to hire a court reporter to transcribe the meeting in case the county is taken to court.
“The companies located six mountaintop sites in the county, but were turned down by two of the landowners—with threats of gunplay,” McCarthy said.
The companies want uninterrupted service for people driving through the county.
See BOARD, Page A5
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