I'll bet most of us in Waukesha feel we can get a pretty good view of the stars and planets by just stepping outside at night. For stargazers though, it's obvious what city lights do to diminish the nighttime experience.
I understand budget cuts the city is facing so I'm not against the proposition of a
cell tower on Lowell Park hill. It could provide up to $20,000 yearly for the city. The tower, as proposed, would resemble the flag pole at UWW and presumably have a flag flying from it. The flag would have to be replaced occasionally by an as yet unnamed party.
I'm not a big fan of the flag pole at UWW because the powerful spotlight it uses shines straight up and can be seen a good mile away, but at least it's in a good location--at a school. Installing a cell tower on Lowell Hill maybe isn't such a bad idea if it keeps my taxes in check but pretending the thing is a flag pole, in the middle of a park, is a little hard to swallow. If the idea is to light it anyway, like the toboggan slide that's lit year round for two weeks of use, then fly the flag. If it doesn't have to be lit, then don't fly the flag.
Better yet, to slow down the development of the top of Lowell Hill, (one thing you'll never see there is an astronomical observatory), why not incorporate the tower with the toboggan slide if that's possible? It's already lit.
