Mayor's Board Ok'd Verizon to Pay $12,000 Per Year to Frank Wilson to Put Tower on His Land. Good Ole' Boy System Still Alive!
Mayor and board approve locating
Verizon cell phone tower on Frank
Wilson's land. Frank is a member
of planning commission that must
approve tower before board acts on
it. So bottom line it pays very well
to be a member of the planning
commission---just ask Frank.
Time for a history lesson on just
how well Frank has harvested big
$$$$'s. Bent Creek paid him for
his land to put new road around
the cemetery plus water and sewer
taps.
Now Verizon will pay him
$12,000 per yr. for cell phone tower
on his land not his daughter's land.
Frank holds the deed so he gets the
$$$'s.
Finally, rumor has it that Mayor
wants to buy some more of Frank's
land for new traffic light.
Good ole' boy system strikes again,
and again, and again--no end in sight.
Time to move on folks...nothing to see
here...everything is fine. Mayor and
board are working hard to keep stuff
slip sliding to the right people.
PS: this post was researched and
written by a resident of Franklin....
who knows how well the good ole'
boy system works in Franklin and
can spot the same in Nolensville.
posted by Guest Writer at 10:07 PM
1 Comments:
The meeting started with a lecture from Rick Owens about respect and that they are looking out for the best interest of our town, etc etc. As he reads the name of the first person to speak at the citizens comments, he snickers. I guess the rules don't apply to him. Come to find out one of our citizens that is against the new town center building received a threatening phone call to "be careful". Nice.
The Mayor and board ignored the legal knowledge of a land use attorney, who unlike the town attorney is an expert in the matter of cell towers and zoning, They of course passed the tower right through, but they gave us a nice show of going to bat for the residents and wasting time talking about the fence and shrubs. The Mayor made sure the evergreens and other shrubbery would up to par with our landscaping ordinance, and that we would have vinyl fencing not chain link fencing. Whew, we feel better. That was really what we were angry about. Not the 195 pole that will be sticking up in the middle of town and emitting radiation into several homes.
Frank Wilson excused himself from that portion of the meeting and reserved the right to speak, but then said he knew the town would do the right thing. Hummm.....They did a great job of only having Verizon lawyers stand up and speak, and being naive enough to to think everything Verizon told them was fact, and ignoring citizens concerns.
Up next, payment to Mr. Wilson for his land for the stoplight. Since Mr. Wilson's "projects" seem to come before the board for some kind of approval or payment, maybe the Mayor would think about relieving him of his duties? I don't mean to point out the obvious or be so radical in my thinking. Just a suggestion.
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