Several people told the Baker City Planning Commission Wednesday evening that they oppose an application from Verizon Wireless to build a 70-foot-tall cell tower north of the Fairgrounds.
The Commission did not make a decision at the conclusion of the public hearing at City Hall, which attracted an audience of about 30.
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Not sure that a 70 ft. tower would be any more harmful than pressing a cell phone to your ear (accumulatively).However,am quite sure there are better locations to stand a tower.
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