Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Petition - Please Sign and Circulate Today!

Before you do anything else, please make sure you have signed the petition at The Petition Site:  www.thepetitionsite.com/1/GTCO-ATL.  It is giving us the proof we need to show our elected officials that we have the backing of a growing number of residents, parents, taxpayers and citizens who do not want cell towers at our schools!

We have been in contact with many of our county commissioners this week.  They are now aware that T-mobile and our DeKalb County School Board have joined forces to allow the building of cell phone towers at 9 of our beloved schools, right in the middle of our residential communities.

We will be having further discussions with them over the next 2 weeks, ending with a meeting in Clarkston at the Women's Center, thanks to the hard work of some of our members who represent South / Central DeKalb.   They brought the Mayor into the loop and now he wants answers, just like we do.  We applaud his willingness to help us and to listen to his community!



The most urgent matter concerns these 9 schools:

Flat Rock Elementary School
4603 Evans Mill Road
Lithonia, GA  30038
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Jolly Elementary School
1070 Otello Avenue
Clarkston, GA  30021
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Margaret Harris Comprehensive School
1634 Knob Hill Drive NE
Atlanta, GA  30329
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M.L. King, Jr. High School
3991 Snapfinger Road
Lithonia, GA  30038
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Narvie Harris Elementary School
3981 McGill Drive
Decatur, GA  30034
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Princeton Elementary School
1321 S. Deshon Road
Lithonia, GA  30058
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Smoke Rise Elementary School
1991 Silver Hill Road
Stone Mountain, GA  30087
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Briarlake Elementary School
3590 LaVista Road
Decatur, Georgia 30033
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Lakeside High School
3801 Briarcliff Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30345
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If you see any construction that may indicate T-mobile is starting to build a cell tower at these schools, or any schools in our county, please contact the code enforcement office at  770-724- 7940.  And, send an email to us at sayno2celltowers@yahoo.com so we can alert our the officials who are working with us.  If you can take a photo or short video, that would be even better.  You can post to our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/get.the.cell.out.atl.

It is URGENT that we learn about the construction right away and we do not believe that T-mobile has filed ANY building permits  or applied for special zoning permits.  We cannot allow unapproved structures with HAZMAT material at the base to go up at our schools without confirmed knowledge that our code enforcement officials have inspected their plans and authorized them to build.

We have not even seen a signed lease agreement, so no one knows what may have been promised or what T-mobile believes they can do.  If you see construction and you have not seen a valid lease or building permits, please protest to whomever you can - our voices must be heard!

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