2020-04-15 City Council Item No. 7 Public Comment - Slater Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting Materials1
Emily Grisenti
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Sent:Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:40 AM
To:Sarah Manwaring
Subject:FW: general comment / AT&T lawsuit
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From: Don Slater <donslater23@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 7:23 AM
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Subject: general comment / AT&T lawsuit
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General comment by Don Slater
As usual, a closed session meeting took place prior to the regular meeting…
On the agenda was the AT&T lawsuit…
As you know, The City Council voted to block AT&T from erecting a 70 foot clock tower at Wheatfield Park…
Okay, that’s fine…
But then, AT&T filed a lawsuit against the City of Menifee…
Guess who’s going to win…
AT&T has the law on their side…
And AT&T has the better attorneys…
The City of Menifee will get its clock cleaned…
The cell tower will be built…
Like it or not…..
The City should stop wasting time and money trying to defend a lawsuit that is unwinnable…
Take some advice from Kenny Rogers…
You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em…
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Also, take some advice from Greg August (who wrote in an email I received on Monday)…
“The city is currently facing a lawsuit filed by AT&T regarding the council's decision to oppose a 70' cell tower in
one of our city parks. My opinion that I am sure you will disagree, is, the City of Menifee does not have the
time or resources too contest federally protected companies, that no doubt have more clout in Sacramento and
DC , than Menifee, a city, that most people have never heard of. Menifee would be swallowed up or
bankrupted in an instant.”