[FLARES] Marco Island Anti-Ham Movement

[dale huguley]

Hi All-
The City of Marco Island, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that 
amateur radio is a bad thing and are requiring a conditional use permit 
to erect a tower in the City. This entails an envirinmental impact 
study- an engineering report, etc. which is around 4 or 5 thousand 
dollars to have done.  The city manager when informed of PRB-1 and the 
state law to the same effect is quoted as saying- "This is Marco Island, 
we control what goes on here." 

A local ham is embroiled with in a zoning/permitting dispute and the 
City is claiming that his radios will cause cancer and he can use them 
to listen to police conversations!

I live on Marco- this is a barrier island.  Can everyone say "Shoot 
yourself in the Foot"?  I know Sherri has some experience with this type 
of insanity- some help would be appreciated.

73 de kg5qd Dale