Lyn's note: Please feel free to send us any pictures you'd like included.  If your photos are for sale, let us know and we will put them under that category.  We have a special section for that purpose.  If anyone would like to buy a print of any of Herbert's photos, all profits will be donated to one of the local non-profit organizations.   Here is the link to this week's Pictures of the Week.
http://carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-the-week-2518.html 

Photo by Linda Stewart

Here is your bonus round from Herbert.
http://aneyeonyouproduction.com/2118-sunset.html

This one was a cool mistake.
Photo by Herbert Hitchon


Town of Carefree Marketing newsletter
http://www.carefree.org/336/IN-THE-NEWS

CITYSunTimes link:
http://news.citysuntimes.com/


Hi Lyn,
Thanks for this update and your note at the end. Do you know what the estimated RF level will be for the new towers, and what the FCC standards are for RF emissions?
Thanks,
Phyllis Strupp
(Lyn's note: I passed this on to Greg Crossman for the technical answers.)

Hi Lyn and Phyllis,
We had to sort through a lot of technical data to pull out what I think is most pertinent to your question.  We focused on Maricopa County’s use of the site as they will be the biggest user with the highest power output.  The following is a summary of what we found:
 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates Radio Frequency (RF) exposure limits for the general public.  Exposure limits are expressed in terms of RF power density.  For the type of equipment that the County is installing, 5.17 W/m2, averaged over the height of a standing person, is the exposure limit.  Based on conservative calculations in a Motorola Solutions report provided to us, the highest exposure at ground level is estimated to occur at about 23 feet from the antenna (faux saguaro) base and does not exceed  0.7 W/m2, or about 14% of the mentioned FCC exposure limit.  Exposure levels decrease significantly with increased distance from the antenna.
 
Hope this helps.  Let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks,
Greg Crossman
 
(Lyn's note: Phyllis had a couple of further questions.  Greg Crossman is still seeking the answers.)
 
 
Lyn;

As I read the report it just illustrates how bad government officials are when quoting statistics.

• Mexico's population is not 11.8 million; it's actually in excess of 125 million people
• North America's population in not 480 million; it's actually about 579 million
• Middle Class in Mexico is about 47% of the households, not 37%.  But the comment about the middle class growing is correct and is largely attributed to NAFTA

I probably should fact check more, but the above points were just glaring to me.

So, if they can't get very basic numbers correct, how can we trust anything they quote?

By the way, the issue of NAFTA has legitimate issues that need to be debated, but they should try to get the numbers right.

Steve Sanders




Mexico's population is about 130 million.
Joan M.

(Lyn's note: I asked Councilman Farrar about the population numbers in his slides.  He said they came from 3rd party reports.)