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Re: Ok... so why aren't these same ppl and you complaining about power transformers??? they're in alot of front yards. I know they're not as big...but... honestly, as much as homeowners hate it, AT&T should put them wherever they want. well. almost.
Have you ever heard of RIGHT-OF-WAY?? EAVESEMENT?? I'm not sure bout CT, but in most states, technically, you don't really have a say-so as to what as far as utilities, is put into the 1st 5-10ft. of your front yard. Thats what the right-of-way is. But leave it to a Liberal state such as CT, to come up with some CRAP like this!! |
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| My home in CT does. Its right on my deed.
Just depends on the area. We still have some pretty rural areas, with real working farms. |
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said by xxTRAGEDYxx:so why aren't these same ppl and you complaining about power transformers??? I'm not really sure to whom you are responding. Power transformers here are pole mounted or in underground vaults.
said by xxTRAGEDYxx: Have you ever heard of RIGHT-OF-WAY?? EAVESEMENT?? Absolutely, but an easement doesn't give a company carte blanche to do whatever they want. The state can regulate what goes where--it's called zoning. AT&T is riding roughshod over the localities with their we-can-do-whatever-we-want-we're-the-phone-company attitude. Had they approached localities and property owners to get feedback on where to put these things, there wouldn't be this issue. Instead they've decided to litigate, which is fine, but tends to annoy people.
But leave it to a Liberal state such as CT, to come up with some CRAP like this!!
Connecticut is right-of-center. |
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said by xxTRAGEDYxx:...in most states, technically, you don't really have a say-so as to what as far as utilities, is put into the 1st 5-10ft. of your front yard. Thats what the right-of-way is. Not. "Right-of-way", as a noun, applies to property over which a right exists to transit between two points. A public "right-of-way" gives that right to the general public. Roads, streets, sidewalks; all are public access, and, usually, publicly owned. OTOH, unless the utilities are buried, they are generally not set on a "right-of-way".
More commonly, utilities are set in an "easement", which is a portion of property, whether publicly, or privately, owned, and designated by some zoning agency, or some other government agency, for specific purpose relating to the common good.
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 NewLifeJust Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming
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Calhoun, GA | reply to xxTRAGEDYxx
said by xxTRAGEDYxx:so why aren't these same ppl and you complaining about power transformers??? they're in alot of front yards. I know they're not as big...but... honestly, as much as homeowners hate it, AT&T should put them wherever they want. well. almost. The people complaining are the same ones that complain when its too sunny, too cloudy, too hot, too cold. There are some people that are just going to complain no matter what. Then there are those of us that say put up the little "big" box and just plumb my line right into it. |
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 DogfatherPremium
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Laguna Hills, CA | No guy. This isn't a matter of sunny or cloudy. It's a matter of people spending 1/3 of their income on a home just to see some phone company roll in and plant a fridge in your front yard and you finally getting some say about it. |
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said by probboy: AT&T is riding roughshod over the localities with their we-can-do-whatever-we-want-we're-the-phone-company attitude. Excellent point. AT&T played hardball with the state, so they shouldn't be surprised with this pushback.
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NewLifeJust Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming
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Well, I too have plopped down alot of my income for a house, so that makes me a property owner, so I do have a little idea about this type of stuff. Since all the homeowners up in CT want to complain about their property value, maybe 1 or 2 people could scan in an appraisal done before the vrad and one done after it, just so we can see it. Oh wait, why would they complain. If there property value goes down then so does the amount of taxes they pay. And one more thing, its not the vrad that is causing property values to go down. Get off the internet every now and then, turn on your tv and watch the news. Its 2008 and the economy has went to hell in a handbasket, home prices have dropped and gas prices are at or over $4.00 per gallon thats why property value are dropping. |
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1 edit | The taxes they pay don't go down unless they're reassessed or they actually sell the property (which triggers reassessment).
And the opinion of the tax assessor could very well be that the VRAD is a beautiful monolith that does nothing to property values. Gov't thieves are often disconnected from reality.
Meanwhile if AT&T dug a 13ft hole in your front lawn to plop down 2 giant boxes you would complain to.
If this problem is so rare, then the telco fanboys would have no problem allowing homeowners to have a say and AT&T would have no problem relocating these scant few problem boxes. |
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said by probboy:Connecticut is right-of-center. It is? I have lived here most of my life, and I would say we are left-of-center. Its been a pretty reliable blue state for at least the last 10 years. |
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