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Nearly 800 citizens have signed a petition opposed to a cell tower on the historically important Cone Mountain in Thornton NH where the unlit tower exceeds height restrictions imposed by "Yankee 2" National security rules to protect Jets training in evasive maneuvers but the proposal appears to be greased and no wonder, the land on which the tower is going to be built belongs to the Sununu family.
Ron Sykes, retired software engineer and one of many residents of Thornton NH who have joined together in an effort to stop the construction of a cell tower on Cone Mountain where the Sununu family and Vertex Towers LLC of Wrentham, Massachusetts have proposed to build a tower on land owned by the Sununus through a Realty Trust controlled by James and Michael Sununu, brothers of current Governor Chris Sununu.
A one mile gated road will lead to the tower, denying the public access to historic Cone Pond where the epic battle to confront the scourge of acid rain first took root under the watchful guidance of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Researcher Center.
Not surprisingly, challenges such as the Yankee 2 Flyway restrictions that protect the flyway of jets practicing evasion and chase techniques, restrictions that would have prevented such a development for most proposals have melted away in the case of the Vertex/Sununu proposal. The tower will extend almost 100 feet higher than Yankee Restrictions call for, presenting an unlit obstacle to jets flying as fast as 1,600 MPH over the mountain tops and through the valley of the Mad River.
More than 729 people have petitioned against the tower, but - as it stands - approval seems imminent within the next month according to Sykes. No effort has been made to accommodate the concerns of petitioners.
