Ask Your Kids What They’d Rather Have, “Cell Phone Reception or Monarch Butterflies!”

This concerns the petition to Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe and Councilmembers regarding protection of monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove, California, threatened by cell phone antennas. Pacific Grove is, alas, going forward with installation of 4G antennas. Here is what the author of the petition has to say about this total disregard for protecting these beautiful butterflies from damaging radiation emitted by these antennas.  The text of the petition follows.

"Thank you to the hundreds of supporters on this issue. Sad to say (but not surprised) that all but one of the city council members voted for the cell antennas to be built near one of the rare monarch butterfly overwintering sites in Pacific Grove. AT&T must've made the incentive worth while.The city is supposed to protect the butterfly sanctuary and didn't.

"This shows that our city council members in favor of these antennas don't care about the butterfly sanctuary that stands to be affected by this decision. Our own Butterfly Town U.S.A is run by people who support corporate greed over the right thing to do. I'm not worried, karma always comes back to these people. When they are on their dying bed, they will probably see a butterfly through their window. Just as a reminder of how they didn't protect this very sensitive and magical habitat.
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