Comments on: Caroline County’s Telecom Consultant: “Conflict of interest? What’s that? …Seriously?” https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/ "Agitate, agitate, agitate!" -Frederick Douglass Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: *Sigh*, there goes what little respect I had for The Free Lance–Star. | I'm Surrounded By Idiots https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:50:59 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1307 […] be a cell phone tower in the area since Caroline County’s “consultant” — who has a clear conflict of interest — wants Hanover County to have a monopoly over the […]

]]> By: Tom James https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:27:20 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1027 I have a friend that wants to put a tower up on his property in Hanover. He has very poor cell service in his area. Agriculturally zoned property. But he faced so much resistance and cost it wasn’t feasible.

Now we know why! He was competing with the county.

]]> By: Tom James https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:22:18 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1026 And why is Hanover in the business of building, owning, and renting tower space. Isn’t that a venue the private sector does much better and more efficiently.

I’m not getting any of this?

It guess goes back to towns and counties being corporations enforcing their rules with armed men and women.

http://ifaq.us/blogs/rick-caldwell/the-court-of-public-relations

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:56:35 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1024 That sums it up pretty well.

“Brevity is the soul of wit”, as my friend Shakespeare says. :)

]]> By: Tom James https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:28:11 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1022 This smells really bad!

Caroline Planning Commission is recommending denial of a tower that not only saves the taxpayers of Caroline money on public safety, provides better cell service (much needed) which also contributes to public safety, but a project that will generate much needed tax revenue.

The citizens of the State will also benefit by better cell and public safety service when, and if any of them visit the Fair. (I know I never will under it’s current management)

Really, really ugly, and smelly.

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:34:20 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1017 The tower in Caroline County would be built and owned by NTC, but the Hanover tower is being built by the government of Hanover County.

I think the Planning Commission recommended denial of the permit based on what Condyles stated in his report (e.g., no tower was needed because Hanover County was building one).

]]> By: Tom James https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/07/28/caroline-countys-telecom-consultant-conflict-of-interest-what%e2%80%99s-that-%e2%80%a6seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:12:29 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=788#comment-1015 Who would own the tower and pay for it’s construction? NCT?

So why does Caroline care what Hanover is doing? Doesn’t the FCC regulate these towers?

I don’t see what the planning commission based there denial recommendation on? Some kind of deal with Hanover against the taxpayers of Caroline’s best interest?

Wouldn’t that be criminal?

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