Cell Phone Towers Coming to Your Town of Farragut Neighborhood, Unless

Thursday night May 14, 2020 the Town of Farragut passed unanimously a historic 5G resolution which concludes with:

NOW THEREFORE, by the adoption of this Resolution the Board of Mayor and Alderman of the Town of Farragut, Tennessee petitions and encourages the governments of the United States of America and the State of Tennessee to take actions within their power to halt the deployment of the 5G wireless facilities within the rights-of-way of our local communities belonging to the public until such time as the only agency with the authority to do so, the FCC, reevaluates by an independent study the adequacy of its radio frequency emissions standards and concludes on the basis of sound science that those standards, or standards adopted as a result of said further study, are adequate to ensure that the health of the public at large will not be adversely affected by long-term exposure to radio frequency emissions from the placement and operation of 5G wireless facilities throughout our communities.

The entire resolution is below

This is a huge step forward to protect our homes and our families. But as the old saying goes, “if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does it make a sound?”

I am told this is a 5G Tower in Turkey Creek, across the street from Publix in Farragut.

This resolution needs to make it to Governor Bill Lee and ask him to sign an Executive Order to halt construction of 5G cell towers in residents front yards in Tennessee until the cellular industry can prove these 5G towers are safe.  You can email Governor Bill Lee here or call  (615) 741-2001

In addition, ask our Tennessee and United States legislators need to support an Executive Order from Governor Lee, the contacts are below.

Tennessee State Rep. Jason Zachary here

Tennessee State Senator Richard M. Briggs, MD here

U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett here email here 

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn here or contact here or call  202-224-3344

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander contact here or call (202) 228-3398

U.S. Congressman Phil Roe contact here or call (202) 225-6356

Tennessee State Senator Becky Massey email here or call (615) 741-1648

Tennessee State Sen. Frank Nicely email here or call (615) 741-2061

Tennessee State Rep. Martin Daniel email here or call (615) 741-2287

Tennessee State Rep. Bill Dunn email here or call (615) 741-1721

Here is an interesting article, it states in part, “Research indicates that over 90% of home buyers and renters are less interested in properties near cell towers and would pay less for a property in close vicinity to cellular antennas. Documentation of a price drop up to 20% is found in multiple surveys and published articles as listed below. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) considers cell towers as “Hazards and Nuisances.”

Once built. Cell towers can go up an additional 20 feet- without community consent.

Most people in the United States are unaware that once a tower is built, it can go up to 20 feet higher with no public process due to the passing of Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. In other words, a 100 foot tower can be increased to 120 feet after it is constructed and the community will have no input. Communities are largely unaware of this law.”