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Don’t Let This Be Our View!

This red arrow shows where a 150′ cell tower will be placed on Knob Hill Drive.  Yes, that’s a school zone sign on the same road!

Don’t suffer devaluation of our entire neighborhood by this visual nuisance!

Give a donation to defend our neighborhood today!

Our Residents Speak to County Commissioners

See your neighbors take our message to the County Commissioners on February 14, 2012!
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Huge Cell Towers are Non-Residential Visual Nuisances!

So why does T-Mobile want to put one in our neighborhood, when alternate sites are available at several commercially zoned properties nearby, including an approved T-Mobile application for an identical tower at Clairmont and Briarcliff?

Make no mistake, huge 150 foot cell towers are a visual nuisance and detract from the continuity of our this sunset and every neighborhood they are placed in.  This one sticks out like a sore thumb against another beautiful Atlanta sunset.  See a full video here: 150′ cell towers are HUGE and cannot hide or blend.

Cell Tower "Tree" located off 400 Toll Road near Lenox Road

Just how tall is a 150 foot tower?

Lady Liberty at her full 151 feet from base to top of torch.

T-Mobile wants to put a tower in our residential neighborhood that is as tall as the Statue of Liberty in our backyards.  Read the rest of this entry »

NBC 11 Alive: Parents Protest Cell Towers in Schools

 

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A School Board Investigation? A Grand Jury says so…

*** FULL TEXT OF GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATION HERE ***    BREAKING NEWS! A grand jury calls for special investigation of the DeKalb County School Board.  In part:

“Recommendation for a Special Grand Jury: Although we have received answers to questions posed to Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, Ms. Ramona Tyson, and Mr. Thomas Bowen, it is clear that the School System remains topheavy and suffers from a perception of conflicts of interest and waste. The citizens of DeKalb County invest a significant portion of their tax dollars in the DeKalb County School System. The perceived effectiveness of the DeKalb County School System also has a significant impact on property values of all homeowners in DeKalb County. In addition, there is the greatest concern for the education of the children of DeKalb County. The DeKalb County School System has been declining in many rankings as compared to other Metro Atlanta school systems as well as various national evaluation methods. We recommend that a Special Grand Jury be convened to investigate the DeKalb County SchoolBoard.”  Read the rest of this entry »