The opening lines of the Tampa Bay Online (The Tampa Tribune) story from February 7, 2008 tell it all:
NEW PORT RICHEY – It began as a discussion between city council members on limiting telecommunications towers within the city, but it ended up doing the exact opposite.
The city council Tuesday night approved the first reading of an ordinance that will permit the installation of cellular phone towers on most local government and public properties.
It passed 4-1.
While this is an interesting step toward wireless deployment, it’s important to realize that not every wireless carrier can make every site work on government owned property.
To read the full story at TPO.com, click here.
