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In Hempstead Town, their antennas are up

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Imagine waking up one morning to a 40-foot pole in front of your house - which you were never notified about - that is adorned with a metal box and an antenna sticking out through the top.

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Realist

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Ok so the people that live there will be getting rid of their cell phones? Also, how much was the town paid, if anything, to allow this outfit to plant the poles
Money

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that is all it is....MONEY...your house, your eye sight is not important, your home value is not important.....MONEY..THE VERY PRINCIPLE BEHIND THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY...MONEY
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Nice pictures of the poles.
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#5
Jun 9, 2009
 
They also put up one in East Meadow on Merrick Avenue at the corner of Prospect Road. A true eyesore to the community, really sticks out due to the height and antenna at top.
This article does not say what the poles are used for, anyone know?
I hope the town can take some action, they really are unsightly.
Bryan Cranston

Astoria, NY

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Money wrote:
that is all it is....MONEY...your house, your eye sight is not important, your home value is not important.....MONEY..THE VERY PRINCIPLE BEHIND THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY...MONEY
Right you are. Someone is getting money under the table.
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OLD MAN........NO ONE WANTS TO CALL YOU. I GUESS YOU DON'T USE COMPUTERS OR CALCULATORS...ETC
EdAnger wrote:
It's real simple, if you don't want the antennas, get rid of all the cell
phones- it's only because you stupid people insist on living on the damn cell phone that has made this necessary. So you have no one to blame but yourself. I have never and will never own one-it's just another bill I don't need. I have never had the need or use for one.It's amazing how 20yrs ago everybody's life was just fine without cell phones, now people act as if itis their god given right to be on the phone 24/7.News flash! You are not that important and what you have to say can wait till you get home,the world won't end because you missed a call, or could talk to so and so RIGHT NOW. Get over yourselves people. As long as you continue to gab away for hours on end and say nothing, expect more antennas coming to your neighborhood.HaHa!
madden

Huntington Station, NY

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Denenberg held a news conference Tuesday morning, surrounded by a group of residents .

You go big guy .You need my signature on anything.

I want to sign up and fight.
Bryan Cranston

Astoria, NY

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EdAnger wrote:
It's real simple, if you don't want the antennas, get rid of all the cell
phones- it's only because you stupid people insist on living on the damn cell phone that has made this necessary. So you have no one to blame but yourself. I have never and will never own one-it's just another bill I don't need. I have never had the need or use for one.It's amazing how 20yrs ago everybody's life was just fine without cell phones, now people act as if itis their god given right to be on the phone 24/7.News flash! You are not that important and what you have to say can wait till you get home,the world won't end because you missed a call, or could talk to so and so RIGHT NOW. Get over yourselves people. As long as you continue to gab away for hours on end and say nothing, expect more antennas coming to your neighborhood.HaHa!
I feel the same way. These people with phones embedded in their ears think they are so important. Why not go a step further and embed it in your brain, stick the recharging cord up your a s s when your battery goes dead. How did people get along without them for so many years. The kids today are nauseating with their texting 24/7 and now Twittering?!?
jewy jewman

Patchogue, NY

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awww the poor rich people have big poles in front of their houses....wahhhh heres a tissue now STFU
evera

Sayville, NY

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Jun 9, 2009
 
can you say NIMBY?
Seth Bykofsky

Valley Stream, NY

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You don't see the cell towers in any of the incorporated villages, do you?

No, only in the under-represented, often neglected unincorporated areas of Long Island.

Somehow, village governments manage to say NO to cell towers, or at least to find less obtrusive venues for them -- typically far away from residential areas.

Village governments also use their clout with State and Fed officials to have these towers placed elsewhere -- usually in unincorporated areas of the town (i.e., Merrick, Franklin Square, West Hempstead, Uniondale), where the town relents, and resistance by residents is, apparently, futile.
brian

San Rafael, CA

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Time to break out the chainsaws people. But you can't just do one pole you have to hit them all to make a point. Or have your property taxes reduced and have the town take over the the land the pole sits on "that median of grass" your already paying for.
NYC

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Get some gas and set them on fire
Patch

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What's wrong with the Poles? Some of my best friends are Poles. Can't we all get along?
Au Contraire Money

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Money wrote:
that is all it is....MONEY...your house, your eye sight is not important, your home value is not important.....MONEY..THE VERY PRINCIPLE BEHIND THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY...MONEY
CAPITAL, not money, is "the very principle" behind this country.
Sold down the river

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Jun 9, 2009
 
Thanks to your local money grubbing guv'mint.

Who, wanna bet, gets "free" service.

Cha-ching!
Dergos Danaybuhuud

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Looks like it might be time for some midnight chainsaw practice....
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More not in my backyard bull poopie from the very retards who demand services.
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Jun 9, 2009
 
Patch wrote:
What's wrong with the Poles? Some of my best friends are Poles. Can't we all get along?
But if they are 40 ft tall wouldn't they make great basketball players?

And we will see them in the next Summer Olympics?
Tax Slave

Bellmore, NY

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Jun 9, 2009
 
madden wrote:
Denenberg held a news conference Tuesday morning, surrounded by a group of residents .
You go big guy .You need my signature on anything.
I want to sign up and fight.
Denenberg? Press conference? Ah, the little legislator is just grandstanding again. The diminutive Democrat is more effective at getting his name in the newspaper than actually doing something other than proposing some of the stupidest laws ever written.
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