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Current News & Events

U.S. Congress Passes the "Clarification of Certain Land Use in Jefferson County, Colorado Act (S. 4092)

In the wee hours of this morning, a Texas Congressman pushed the Lake Cedar Group bill through the U.S. House of Representatives.  If ever there was “special interest” legislation, this is it.    The bill was “hotlined” through the Senate.  “Hotlined” means the bill does not get the usual route of debate and committees and is set up so that unless someone objects, it goes through.  This terrible bill lets Lake Cedar Group put up its Supertower and allows everything any of the Lookout Mountain broadcasters want, so long as it's “ok’d” by the  FCC and not taller than existing towers. 

In many ways, Congress, through this bill (S4092) has just condemned property rights in your land and our community for the benefit of several mega corporations worth billions of dollars.  This is not right.  Not one member of the Colorado National delegation intervened to protect us.  Not one Republican, not one Democrat.  We have been sacrificed by those we thought represented us. To read the entire bill, click here...

TV Tower Proposal Returned to County
May 2006 - Rocky Mountain News - A judge on Tuesday tossed a decision on a controversial 730-foot digital television tower atop Lookout Mountain back in the lap of Jefferson County commissioners, the third time the court has sent the issue back for further consideration.

Deb Carney, attorney for the CARE homeowners group, said the latest ruling very clearly permits the current board of commissioners to weigh all the factors in deciding whether the site should be rezoned to permit the proposed tower. "This gives our new county commissioners, finally, the green light to review the entire record and look at the alternative sites, the interference problems, the health dangers for us and the harm to our property values," Carney said. "In the end, (the ruling) is a good thing." To read the entire Rocky Mountain News article, click here...
To read the 1st Judicial Jefferson County District Court ruling, click here..

Lake Cedar Group Push Poll Expanding to Lookout Mountain Residents
Lake Cedar Group initiated a “push-poll” on Monday, April 17, 2006 that attacks the City of Golden Petition in Condemnation action and then connects the recipient to the home phone of one of the Golden City Commissioners.  Although a court action, LCG is attempting to mislead our neighbors through unethical phone campaigning.
  • To listen to an actual phone call from Lake Cedar Group recorded by a Lookout
    Mountain resident    , click here...
  • To read the transcript of the same Lake Cedar Group phone call, click here...
  • To read letters to the Golden Newsletter Editor concerning Lake Cedar Group's
    abusive calls, click here.
Lake Cedar Group Mails a Deceptive 4-Color Mailer Entitled "Get the Facts"
CARE supporters were angered to receive a direct marketing piece from Lake Cedar Group entited, "Get the Facts". A slick oversized brochure with lots of color and photos, LCG listing 9 myths and their 'facts', ending with "The Biggest Myth" being the health risk.  To read CARE's Myth Busters response to LCG's deceptive mailer, click here...
Mount Morrison Tower Case - A win for CARE and the Community
May 2006 - the Jefferson County Court of Appeals reversed the JeffCo Commissioner's 2003 approval of a boadcast TV/FM tower site on Mt. Morrison. The Court of Appeals cited three big mistakes made by the Board of County commissioners in approving the tower site on Mt. Morrison:
  1. The Board abused its discretion by permitting the Developers to change their proposal after the public testimony was closed without giving the public an adequate opportunity to be heard.
  2. The Board abused its discretion by failing to make an express finding that no existing tower sites were adequate.
  3. The Board erred in approving the application without finding that it was in general conformance with the county’s use plans, as required by Section 24-67-104, C.R.S. 2005.

The Court of Appeals has “remanded” the case back to the Judge Munsinger to send it back to
the County Commissioners to do it correctly this time. To read the entire Jefferson County Court
of Appeals decision, click here...

Future of the Case
Rocky Mountain PBS and Bear Creek Development Corporation could ask the Ct. of Appeals for a rehearing (likely to be denied) and then petition the Supreme Court for Certiorari.  Otherwise, they must go back in front of the new County Commissioners, who must give the public an adequate opportunity to be heard, and must find that no alternative sites exist and find that the application is in general conformance with the county’s use plans.  These are very tough hurdles!

The Dener Post 5/05/06 Article
"Court Returns tower to drawing board"... Jefferson County commissioners abused their discretion by letting a developer make last-minute changes to a controversial telecommunications tower plan without public comment, according to a Colorado Court of Appeals decision issued Thursday. To read the entire Denver Post article, click here...

Broadcasters again violating FCC radiation limits on Lookout.
On April 10, 2006, the Jeffco Commissioners learned that the RF levels for the Channel 6 tower (public TV with public radio antennas) were at 120% of FCC limits. The RF hot spot is near the trail and fence at Boetcher Mansion/Jeffco Nature Center, and has been over the limits twice since April 1, 2006! Under Federal law, the FCC is not supposed to issue any permits unless the RF levels are within limits. For more information about past RF Violations, click here...
Demolition attempt brings down both TV towers
June 2006 - What started out as a text-book perfect demolition of the WFXL Fox 31 TV tower in Southwest Georgia, only took a couple of seconds to end in disaster. For a moment, the WFXL tower fell away from a second nearby WALB tower, according to plan. But then, the guy wires which were intermingled with those that kept the WALB tower erect since 1967, flailed their way through the maze of steel cables, disrupting them to the point that the WALB tower lost its support, and collapsed mere seconds after the intentionally destroyed WFXL tower fell. For more details and a video link (with commentary,) showing the TV towers falling, click here...
The City of Golden - Lookout Mountain Condemnation for Open Space
On April 12, 2006 the City of Golden filed a Petition in Condemnation (the start of eminent domain proceedings) to acuire 64-acres of land Lake Cedar Group (LCG) owns on Lookout Mountain. LCG's request to rezone this land for the Supertower was denied by the Jeffco Commissioners November 2005. Under current Jeffco Zoning, LCG cannot build any towers on this land. The City of Golden wants to protect the land from any development in order to preserve the mountain backdrop and return Lookout Mountain to its former glory as an Open Space park. To read the entire City of Golden news article, click here...
Lake Cedar Group's (LCG) Misleading Tower Ad Campaign
In January 2006, LCG began targeting private citizens with a negative ad campaign about the
730-foot HDTV SuperTower issue. The 30-second broadcast TV ad that says “a SMALL GROUP of People is PREVENTING US from bringing you the benefits of free over-the-air digital television”
is airing 15-25 times a day on four stations. To read the entire City & Mountain Views Magazine article. click here...
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