Wireless Towers
I wanted to add my comments to those of Adam Probolsky (April 17 letter) regarding cell phone companies and their towers.
I live in the Serrano Highlands in Lake Forest, a development of more than 900 homes along Peachwood Road. At the top of Peachwood Road is the San Remo Villas recreation center. Due to the lack of cell phone service in our area, we have always kept a pay phone at the pool area in case of emergency.
Last summer, our recreation center’s board of directors decided to contact Cingular to see if they might be interested in installing a cell tower on our 2-acre site to improve reception.
Just locating the appropriate contact at Cingular was quite a chore. Eventually we were given an address up near San Francisco to write to,no phone number was available! We sent them a letter, including maps and aerial photographs of our area.
Eight months passed without a reply. Finally, we received a letter last month from Cingular thanking us for the offer, but stating that they were not interested at this time.
As Mr. Probolsky pointed out, Cingular’s lack of community outreach and advocacy will not serve them well. Our experience shows how inattentive they are even to those who would be willing to work with them.
Mike Tierney
Lake Forest
OCTA Funding
In an April 17 letter, Laguna Beach Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider claims I was “denigrating” her city when I questioned an appropriation of $3.8 million in federal beautification funds. Far from denigration, I praised Laguna Beach as the most beautiful city in Orange County.
Out of 39 applications for beautification projects countywide, only 10 were recommended. Of those 10, Laguna Beach is receiving two of the grants. None of the 10 projects are in North Orange County.
I questioned whether Laguna Beach really needed this kind of beautification relative to other cities whose applications were rejected.
Pending final Orange County Transportation Board approval, Mayor Pearson-Schneider will likely get her money. Rather than taking personal offense at me, she should welcome all comments designated to make the grant process fairer and more equitable.
Chris Norby
Orange County Supervisor
Director, OCTA
NFL Visit
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue visited Orange County last week to meet with many of our community’s power brokers. He and his staff were using this opportunity to assess where to build and privately finance a $1 billion state-of-the-art football complex to return professional to the OC/L.A. region.
After three years of extensive analysis, the league may soon choose between a site in Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle or the remodel of L.A. Coliseum.
The virtues of the Anaheim location harkens back to the days when the Rams first migrated to the West Coast in the 1940s.
The booming metropolis of Southern California with its magnificent beaches, picturesque mountains and perfect weather provided a spectacular theater to watch the likes of Bob Waterfield and “Crazy Legs” Hirsch. Those Rams teams were a major catalyst for introducing this sport to television, transforming football into the nation’s most profitable entertainment enterprise.
The Anaheim/OC of the new millennium not only captures the beauty, glitz and glamour of these past images, but also mixes in a cutting-edge, creative, entrepreneurial spirit.
So not only will Anaheim/OC provide the NFL with a venue that will become an international showcase, it will also assist the league in identifying and capitalizing on the next wave of trends to attract future generations of fans.
Archie Brown
Long Beach
