Saanich Residents Oppose Radio Tower In Neighborhood:

Residents of one Saanich neighbourhood are sending out a strong signal of opposition to a neighbour's proposal to erect a radio tower in his back yard. "We're just trying to get the word out and trying to fight it anyway we can," said Susanne 'Sanni' Rosebrock, who lives next door to the home at 3451 Salsbury Way where the tower would be installed. Rosebrock and her neighbour Adele Caird voiced their opposition to an application by Brian Summers to build a 15-metre amateur radio antenna and tower in his backyard. Caird wrote to members of Saanich council, citing concerns with privacy, esthetics and declining property values. "Nobody wants to move into an area that has a 50-foot radio tower. They'll see that and they're not interested," said Caird, who has collected 25 names on a petition from neighbours opposed to the radio antenna. For Brian Summers, it's just the continuation of a hobby that has spanned 60 years and stretched across the country and beyond. "I'm following a federal government-mandated consultation procedure with neighbours," said Summers, adding he has erected radio towers at his former homes in Ottawa, Calgary and Richmond without a problem from neighbours.

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