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MESSAGE FROM ARTHUR FIRSTENBERG ABOUT CELL TOWER DEPLOYMENT RAMPAGE IN SANTA FE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

December 16, 2017<\/p>\n

Dear Friends,<\/span><\/p>\n

The news, both in the New Mexico state legislature and the City of Santa Fe, is incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n

First the City:<\/strong> Mayor Javier Gonzales has declared a “bad cell phone reception” state of emergency permitting Verizon to begin putting cell towers and antennas anywhere on city property without application and without land use review, beginning tomorrow. The press release was issued this morning at 10:19 a.m. <\/span><\/p>\n

He has declared a SIX MONTH state of emergency<\/strong> under the city’s Riot Control Ordinance! I kid you not. He has way overstepped his authority. The Riot Control Ordinance only allows him to set a curfew, prohibit firearms in public places, and prohibit the sale of alcohol. Our City Code does not exempt “temporary” wireless facilities from zoning review. I am in a state of shock. I am pasting the Mayor’s Proclamation of Emergency below this email. If he gets away with this, you can be sure the industry will try this elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the State of New Mexico:<\/strong> The wireless industry has drafted an ordinance that will be introduced in the 2018 session titled <\/span>“Network Nodes Deployment Act.”<\/strong><\/span> It is bolder than anything we’ve seen so far. It states that cell towers and antennas in the public rights-of-way that are less than 50 feet tall or 10 feet taller than the tallest existing utility pole within 500 feet, whichever is taller, are “not subject to zoning review and approval.” Period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawsuit against the City, which we had already been putting together will be filed at the end of this week. We intend to put RF radiation on trial and challenge the constitutionality of Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act. [“State of Emergency” letter from Mayor Gonzalez can be seen below]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WE NEED DONATIONS TO PAY FOR THIS LAWSUIT. Please help if you can, by going to the donations page on our website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.cellphonetaskforce.org\/?page_id=196<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n(choose “Santa Fe Campaign” as the purpose of your donation).<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n

Arthur Firstenberg<\/span><\/p>\n

Santa Fe, NM\u00a0<\/span>
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“Network Nodes Deployment Act”<\/h2>\n

“Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act”<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u00a0NM SB14 – Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n