History of Lookout Mountain Antenna Tower Land

Where Are We Now

• January 2005: New County Commissioners Kevin McCasky
  and Jim Congrove take office. Dave Auburn , who ran against
  Commissioner Sheehan in the 2002 primary, is appointed to
  replace Sheehan who is forced to resign over an alleged
  unethical “Pinky T” scandal.
• September 2005: City of Golden offers $1.7 million (more than
  appraised value) for 65 acres of land intended for the
  Supertower. Condemnation proceedings were met with outrage
  by LCG who convinced County Commissioners to file against the
  condemnation on June 14, 2006.
• May 4, 2006: Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the District
  Court andremanded the Mount Morrison tower case back to the
  Jefferson County Commissioners. The rezoning approval is
  deficient in three areas: 1) Revisions and additions were made by
  the applicant after public testimony is closed; 2) JeffCo resolution
  prohibits rezoning for more telecommunications sites if adequate
  alternative sites are available; 3) Approval of the Planned
  Development does not comply with either the Central Mountains
  Community Plan or the JeffCo Telecommunications Land Use Plan.
• May 16, 2006: Denver City Council withdraws plans for a 200-
  foot tower for emergency communications in Denver. The Hillcrest
  neighborhood protested loud enough to be heard.
• May 23, 2006: Judge Brooke Jackson again remands the LCG
  rezoning case to the BCC for a final decision. “The responsibility
  of the board now is to review the record and then make a decision
  on the proposed rezoning... The court will affirm whatever decision
  is made, so long as it can be shown that there is competent
  evidence in the record that supports the decision.”
  Commissioners McCasky, Congrove, and Auburn are not
  expected to rule before until December, 2006.

• June 22, 2006: The FCC votes to review its media ownership rules.
  Giant mergers of media companies has caused news credibility gaps
  through the U.S. The FCC allows 120 days for public comment.
  September 15, 2006: FCC orders a 2004 draft study destroyed.
  It found greater concentration of media ownership hurts local TV
  news coverage.
• June 23, 2006: FCC approves Gannett Corporation acquisition of
  Channel 20 which owns the tall tower on Mount Morrison and most
  of the 80 acres LCG is proposing to use for the Supertower on Lookout
  Mountain. Gannett also owns KUSA-Channel 9.
• March-September 2006: Lake Cedar Group pays public relations
  professionals to conduct “push polls” manipulating response toward
  wanting a Supertower on Lookout Mountain. LCG designs a television
  and print advertising campaign against “A small group of people on
  Lookout Mountain preventing us from bringing you High Definition
  Television.” LCG pays Steve Gray to attend every public meeting of
  Golden City Council to speak in favor of the Supertower and against
  Golden’s condemnation of park land to preserve the Mountain
  Backdrop.
• August 2006: IEEE (International Electronics & Electrical
  Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
  Microwave magazine published “Effective Electromagentic Shielding”
  to mitigate against “the serious problem of electromagnetic pollution
  (which is) as detrimental to society as air and water pollution.”