The Montgomery County Council Should Immediately Act to Protect Residents

Did you know the County Council is NOT following up with their historic lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)? 

Has the Montgomery County Council pulled the wool over our eyes? 

Please watch this video of the oral arguments where lawyers hired by Montgomery County defend the citizens of Montgomery County.  You will see that their lawsuit naturally should include filing against the FCC in regards to the FCC's latest action. However they do not see to have done this. Why not? 

Montgomery County has a responsibility to finish what it started. It is unacceptable that Montgomery County is not moving forward on their lawsuit. 

Montgomery County hired a lawfirm Keller and Heckman in Washington, DC to take the FCC to court because the FCC is pushing 5G  towers in our neighborhoods. The lawyers made the case that we should not be forced to have 5G antennas in front of our homes to have 5G antennas in front of our homes if the FCC has not completed their review of the safety of radiofrequency radiation. However in December 2019 the FCC issued a ruling stating that they looked at the science and they found no evidence linking cell phones to cancer. That is rather odd as there  are dozens of studies showing harm the FCC was supposed to review. 

Several groups have filed lawsuits against the FCC  claiming they ignored hundreds of scientific studies, but not Montgomery County.  If Montgomery County does not follow though the case will most likely be thrown out. 

Why not Montgomery County?  Did they have a closed session and vote not to follow though? Exactly what is going on behind closed doors? 

Read the Montgomery County Petition to the FCC here. 

This article below was written by the attorneys representing Montgomery County, MD in the lawsuit the County filed against the FCC contesting the safety of the FCC’s radio frequency exposure limits.

Putting the Cart Before the Horse – The FCC’s “5G First, Safety Second” Policy

BY: ALBERT CATALANO, Counsel, ERIC GOTTING, Partner, and TIMOTHY DOUGHTY, Associate, Keller and Heckman, LLP. Washington,DC : Municipal Lawyer / The Journal of Local Government Law, Sep/Oct, 2019, pp. 14-17.

Read also the 

The Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council  Amicus Brief on the issue. 

What You Can Do Now

Contact the county council and ask that they intervene on the cases moving forward against the FCC action and finish what the started.