In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a growing movement to go “green”. Not to mention the absurd prices of gas these days. Its no wonder that companies like Tesla are working on making viable electric cars and even Chevy is getting in to the action with the Volt. Now, its someone elses turn to help turn you green.

Charter communications wants you to go Green and they’re going to give one lucky winner a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. Thats pretty cool and almost unheard of (especially in these economically challenging times!). By visiting the link you’ll have the opportunity to signup for any of Charter’s great bundle tv/internet/phone packages or simply register for the drawing. The only catch is that you *must* live in an area serviced by charter. Its simple.

Visit the site. Sign up to switch providers or sign up for the drawing. Sit back. Win awesome car with some cool features:

• Polished Metal Metallic
• Up to 45 mpg highway
• Fabric interior
• USB Audio Interface
• 110-hp, 8 valve, SOHC i-VTEC® 4-cylider engine
• Continuously variable transmission
• MP3 Auxiliary Input Jack

If you want to know more, or you want to register for a chance to help make your life a little greener… visit Charter today. Who knows, you might save some “Green” in more than one way!

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At the corner of one of the streets near our neighborhood, there’s a notice about an upcoming hearing regarding a cell tower being put up on private land. Most of the people in the area are against it as it would be 155 feet tall and quite an eye sore (as if you walk around looking up all the time…. you wouldn’t notice it most of the time) and they’re mostly against it… I personally don’t know how I feel.

On the one hand, there would be a 155 foot tower just down the road from my house. I probably couldn’t see it from my back deck (thanks to the pine trees) and I wouldn’t see it most of the time I was driving on Mack Dobbs. That, combined with the fact that even though its a tower for T-mobile, it would help my cell reception make me want to say “who gives a flip” and let them build a tower. I mean after all, if the property owner wants a cell tower in their backyard, who am I to stop them?

But this whole mess got me to thinking about just how much rights do we have over what our neighbors do with their own property? HOA’s (as much as I hate them) do help to keep things looking somewhat decent (have you compared two neighborhoods side by side, one with an HOA and one with out? The one with out is much worse…) but really, where does the right to tell our neighbors what they can and cannot do with their property end? For example, our HOA does not allow any outside antenna’s or towers (which makes it hard for Amateur Radio…), but you can do almost anything in your backyard as long as it cannot be seen from the street. Does my neighbor have the right to tell me I can’t build a tower or put up a tree house on my own property?

I’d like to think not, but here, we are, trying to stop someone from benefiting from a cell phone tower (most property owners are subsidized by the tower operator) on their own property, simply because we do not like the way it will look. Imagine if you were asked to tear down your house for the same reason…

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