Keep moving forward! Hold on to this momentum! DON"T LET ANYONE convince us that nothing can be accomplished legally, through public pressure, or otherwise. Don't relent. Make sure our voices are heard over and over like last night, if necessary, to ensure our township officials continue to stay focused and fight for us. Don't except "I can't give no guarantees." Compel them to do the BEST that they can, research, brainstorm, and argue until there is a positive outcome for Northampton residents. The character, beauty, property rights, and ability for the township to control development are at stake, and will negative affect in the future if we slow down. We can win. Don't accept no for an answer, because it's all political theater to get what they want in the courts, etc. Pressure the politicians and courts, so they represent the will of the people.

Would you buy a home with a cell phone antenna structure on your lawn or practically on top of your property? I wouldn't.

The township, not advising us and not acting ethically/honestly, nor appealing Bateman's interpretation in court, has lowered the expectations for future homeowners in the township. The next homeowner of a cell antenna property will likely pay below market value for that home, compared to adjacent homes. We need future residents to care about the same things that interested us in buying here. Otherwise, Northampton will slowly become a place that doesn't care about those things. By not retaining those characteristics, the township will attract residents who don't care as much about "country" living. Now, you have those cell phone houses that are harder to sell, then eventually the homes adjacent to them will be affected. It will take time, but it will slowly happen. Believe me, once the character of Northampton changes, people will wish the twp spends whatever it takes to keep that from happening NOW. But by then, residents who never pictured moving elsewhere will accept the reality and move anyway - because it just won't be the same type of place anymore, no matter how much they try to deny it. People may think this sounds ridiculous, but there are surrounding suburban areas that have changed over the past 20 or so years. Don't let potential threats of twp liability, which have to be proven, prevent action NOW. Keep our eye on the ball

FYI on Wednesday morning May 16,2012 at 8:00 am. ATC appeared with all of their equipment to lay seige to Brookside Drive. They were informed by various property owners that they were not to work on their properties as the permit was withdrawn. They continued to work nonstop from 8:00am until 5:00pm. The permit was not withdrawn until 3:30pm. They arrived for work with all of their equipment on Thursday May 17, 2012 at 8:00am. By 10:00am they and all of their equipment were gone. My point being if this public meeting on Tues. May 15 was held sooner property owners would not have to deal with this headache.

Mr. Deon,
Your two cents was two cents more than it's worth.

Supervisor Cunningham,

You did not look very comfortable at the emergency meeting Tuesday night. Try not to get angry with the residents. They feel humiliated and ignored. You are responsible for causing mistrust between residents and government and you need to do a better job.

Is your reply to me the first thing that you communicated in public about ATC? I have been speaking with residents trying to defend why the ATC lawsuit could not have been discussed, by the board, until a decision was made and you bite my ankles?

Try not to get angry with the residents Wednesday night. Do your best to restore the trust that has been severed. A little humility goes a long way.

My two cents vs. your decision-
Here is what your decision has costs taxpayers so far:
EMERGENCY MEETING-
Lawyers $ 2,500
Videographer $ 3,000
OT/ Comp $ 500
and counting -
As well as destroying the integrity of our township!

At least Supervisor Cunningham, unlike others, is posting under his real name. Now, maybe he should introduce a motion seeking to recoup all costs from the Solicitor since the Board has apparently received "bad advice" and took action based on that advice. What say you Jim?

I agree Don. I think that the counsel from our previous firm was way over their head on this.

And Vincent, I think it's great you're speaking to the residents about this matter but I hope you're disclosing your family's interest in the firm representing ATC. In the interest of fairness and honesty after all.

Where has Lou Hersch been at the meetings? Did he pass away?

From a sitting supervisor that has nothing to offer other then a classless remark. Nice job Jim...

Sorry you feel that way Mrs. Deon but just call it like it is.

Mr Cunningham I wish you would take this subject matter seriously. Your comments are exactly why we are in this position. Stop bashing for goodness sake and work on what's good for the township and it's residents. Isn 't that why you ran for office?

They are still installing poles. Also, take a look at Upper Holland and Holland Rds, Rock Way and Middle Holland Rd, and Middle Holland and Buck Rds! There are nodes there, and they look UGLY! Totally takes away from the look of the township! The poles are either across the street from existing ones and stand by themselves, or set back several feet from existing ones. As a result, the poles are not even running with the same pattern as the existing poles. They look out of place and UGLY!! Come on, how hard is it to use common sense and decency, and place the nodes ON existing poles, and just run the wire above or below ground, depending where the electric already is in each neighborhood? All of the neighborhoods in Northampton was obviously planned very well around - then progressed away from - above ground utilities. Now, watch how these poles will ruin that. Poles scattered around with no rhyme or reason, except to benefit ATC (who doesn't live there) and to justify government agencies' budget. We get hosed. With this hopscotch installation, it's like the poor frontage along Street Rd in some areas (buildings with a 1000 different designs and architecture, some still 60s style, random Panera, some set back, some right against the road, etc) The FCC and PUC created a monopoly for themselves with these "laws." What a racket. We will be on the road to lower property values and just a place people pass through to get somewhere nicer - like what we use to be.

EVERYONE GO TO THE NEXT TWP MEETING! THEY ARE THERE TO REPRESENT US!!! NO NODES, POLES, MINI-TOWERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS! ONCE ATC OR SOMEONE ELSE GETS AN INCH FROM THE END ZONE, THEY WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL FIELD - AND THE STADIUM WITH US IN IT TOO!!!! IT WILL NOT END THERE. USE ALL COSTS AND MEANS AVAILABLE, OR SAY BYE-BYE TO HOW THINGS USED TO BE.

nice job cunningham you and the rest of your stupidvisers looked like a bunch of jackasses sitting up there.. i for one didnt fall for the komo / silverman stunt that was premeditated days in advance. they are trying to be the heros in all this what a joke. your to many facelift's partner was also very helpful. the people will ulitimately handle and rectify this situation no matter what it takes. even if we have to hold classes on which pole wires to cut. what good is a non-functioning system or one that requires a repairman everyday.. i also dont remember having a say in my trash pickup. i feel like i am living in the city but with extrordinary taxes. i even checked on getting a private company to pick it up but was told i needed all kinds of permits etc. the next administration is going to have fun correcting the gaffs that were put in place. i for one would like to see common sense citizens elected that are willing to listen to the people that they represent..

The problem remains simple. The chairman and his talking heads were spending too much time bashing the formal leadership, hiring their own cronies, replacing with suspect individuals and NOT working for the good of ALL township citizens. We’re on our own guys… Just remember this on election day and don’t have a short memory.

@Hillcrestshire et al. According to an email circulated by Herr Rothermel on 07NOV2011, he "Jim and Kim" are going to work hard to change the way Supervisors are elected. They want it to be like the Ward Systems of Philly and Chicago... so get used to "the City syndrome"... we're just seeing the beginning.

Ask Francis Rothermel for a copy of his email... you might find it enlightening. Then again, he may be too busy to respond... you know, bashing others, attacking the Municipal Authority (which he's admitted on camera he has no idea what it is), directing videos, or using taxpayer-funded resources for personal gain. Heck, you can't possibly have expected him, Cunningham or Rose to have seen the necessesity of informing residents about ATC-DAS... it was more important to stage political theatre on April 9th to discuss on-going litigation involving the former Township Manager who has previously made FULL RESTITUTION to the Township.

WAKE UP NORTHAMPTON... after the last 5 years, it's only going to get worse.

REMEMBER NEXT NOVEMBER!!

when the R's were in the majority, they hired their own inept political hack lawyer and now that the D's are in the majority, they have hired their own inept political hack lawyer. I guess we residents have to accept that fact and the waste of money we are spending on this poor legal advice. We're screwed again!
What is obvious is that when an important legal issue comes up (like these ATC cell poles)...we have to have a real quality attorney sort of "on standby" to represent us. We shouldn't expect these political hack appointees to know what they're doing and should just bypass their inept advice and go directly to an attorney who might have some idea what's actually happening.
How embarassing it must have been for Mr. Savona to have to sit there at the emergency meeting beside the other Pittsburgh attorney who had to be called in to represent the Township!

Richboro Neighbor

you can "defend" Savona and his predecessors if you want to. I was not "attacking" them...simply stating the obvious fact that when we need a quality attorney who knows what he's doing...we better have someone on "standby". We should all accept that fact. Several of the citizens who spoke at the emergency hearing gave us all a higher level of legal advice than we had gotten from Savona and his predecessors.

Richboro Neighbor

Richboro Neighbor makes a lot of sense. Both of them.

PERFECT JUST B. CAUSE! WELL SAID!

Hillcrestshire.

Stop moaning about changes in trash pickup schedule. That too is a done deal. With one pickup its obvious pickup times will change. Get off your high horse. Actually I know a lot of people that much prefer once a week. Now we only have to have cans out littering the neighborhoods 2 times a week except for our piggish neighbors that never bring their cans in. Lets see, do I get you right, you rather have trash cans out 6 days a week instead of 4 (the night before and the actual trash day and yard waste pickup). You're right, that doesn't make the township look disgusting. I like looking at trash cans too, NOT! Only the new cell poles are ugly. Take a ride around over the next week. Let us know how many trash cans you see out on the street days after pickup. It should be very obvious since they should only be out for 1 day. I bet you see a lot more cans than you do poles.

You gave me an idea. I think I'll complain to the Feds. The USPS switched my carrier and my mail used to get delivered by 10am, now I have to wait till 12:30. OMG...what is one to do? Let's hold a special meting.

You obviously don't like change and can't handle change.

I meant poles/towers don't meet the threshold, in the sense their impact is not nearly as positive as an additional day of trash pick-up. Obviously, public comment was necessary with the poles! WIth the second day option as we had, people who like one day can refrain from leaving trash out one of the days.