What a shame!

I feel for the Voehls...

The sad truth is that this is happening to our citizens all over the country. This has nothing to do with a "public service"...this is all about the "money" for these wireless providers. If it were for emergency services, it could be accomplished without the destruction of our neighborhoods and landscapes.

Balance MUST be demanded...these should not be allowed to destroy the beauty of our rural, pastoral, and historic landscapes... Alternatives must be used and/or developed but, no one is making the providers...no one.

And, with the high-dollar lobbyists working for these companies? We don't stand a chance! Our Congress, unfortunately, has very few who are willing to stand up for our rights on this issue...and they usually stand alone.

Sad...

Should the government be involved regulating the private sector providing these services?
Here is a quote from FAdams Blog last week.
“Ronald Reagan had something to say about this.
"We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success -- only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development.”
Many would say the government should not be involved with so many ventures. Many people think it should be the private sector providing these services. This, they say, is for the simple reason that the private sector is accountable to the market and shareholders.
Government has responsibilities, but the question of what they are, or should be, is debatable. All the while, the government just keeps growing.”
We need to remember that Ronald Reagan, and his party received a lot of money in campaign contributions from the private sector that was providing services like these. These parties wanted less regulation on their industries by government. That is what they paid for, that is what we have.