Welcome to super-early-mover Seth Cohn as he joins the bloggers at Free Keene. Here’s his bio from the Bloggers page:
Seth Cohn moved in 2004 and immediately found himself involved in politics. In a love/hate relationship with Keene style activism over the years, he’s mellowed now that he’s spent 2 years as a NH State Rep (Republican) and participated in the sausage making of government from the inside. His new goal is finding common ground among diverse views like Occupy and TeaParty and then taking that ground for Liberty. Some days he’s a Voluntaryist, others Minarchist, depends on which side of bed he gets out of in the morning.
Local luddites are up-in-arms over a proposal from Verizon to place a tower on Beech Hill, which according to the Keene Sentinel’s story, is the highest elevation in the immediate area. It’s the same place where Time Warner has their head-end.
The arguments against the tower amount to, “we like our hill to be all green”. The detractors hold a ridiculously anti-technology position that will put roadblocks in the way of future connectivity for the area. (Read: likely the near-future availability of 4G service in Keene.)
We’re in the 21st century. Radio is a hundred-year-old technology. Towers already exist, and they make our lives better. More communication leads to more safety and productivity. They are a symbol of progress and important to the economic success of a geographic area.
The city council should allow Verizon to build their tower (which would be constructed to even look somewhat like a tree, as in the picture and likely be rented to various other radio services, beyond just cellular service) and go even further and repeal their tower regulations entirely. Let the market decide these matters – not luddites and politicians.
Ademo Freeman of CopBlock.org faces 21 years in prison for recording conversations with government bureaucrats. This is raw video of his jury selection (minus any portions that might identify potential jurors). More on this case at http://copblock.org/freeademo
The trial starts Monday morning, 8/13, 10am at Manchester “superior” court.
Welcome to super-early-mover Seth Cohn as he joins the bloggers at Free Keene. Here’s his bio from the Bloggers page:
