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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2006
Our View
Raise the bar
against Cingular
Last week, representatives of Cingular
Wireless went before the Rappahannock
County Planning Commission to present their case for adding their own antennas to the existing cellular facilities constructed by Sprint several years ago.
Cingular’s representatives showed a willingness to compromise with the Planning Commission to keep the changes to two monopole antennas unobtrusive, and those proposals were approved smoothly.
However, with Cingular’s proposal to make extensive modifications to the prominent antenna concealed within the fake Rose Hill silo near Massies Corner, the proceedings hit a snag. According to Cingular’s representatives, engineering constraints and the limits of technology won’t allow them to simply conceal their additional antennas within the silo along with Sprint’s. They propose instead to tack up to nine four foot panels to the outside of the silo. This will significantly change its appearance, and ruin the illusion that Rappahannock’s biggest phallic symbol, as the silo was referred to in Wednesday’s meeting, is used to store grain. Although several alternative methods of hiding the antenna were proposed by both Cingular’s reps and the Planning Commission, all would involve severe changes to the exterior of the building.
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