Unsightly cell phone towers back in a Jacksonville neighborhood.

           It happened in Mandarin, when residents woke up  to find one of the
           towers practically in their back yard.

            We thought these towers went away a couple of years ago when the
           Jacksonville City council banned them from residential areas

           But it seems that under cover of darkness, the communications giants
           are sneaking their way back ...  piggy-backed on J-E-A utility poles.

           So once again, big business finds a loophole.  City council has drafted
           legislation to close that loophole, just as they closed the last one when
           these towers first appeared in residential neighborhoods.

           Too bad for the neighborhood that sounded the alarm:  their tower stays,
           grandfathered in.

           WJXT urges city council to cast this in concrete:  no way, no time, no cell
           towers in neighborhoods.

           I'm Sherry Burns. That's our opinion. We welcome yours.

           -- aired July 10th & 13th