Source: St. Petersburg Times

On February 23, 2003 the St. Petersburg Times reported that "Lakeview Presbyterian Church [in FL], which scoffed at white flight and stayed behind to minister in a changing neighborhood, now finds itself at odds with the people it befriended. At issue is a 145-foot-tall cellular phone tower... The church, which has 106 active members, wants to let Verizon Wireless erect a tower much taller than its 80-foot steeple as a way to bring in money for its ministries. Neighbors want no part of it... They say the towering structure would be unsightly and hurt the neighborhood they are working so hard to improve... Church officials counter that income from leasing a bit of its property to the phone company would be used to continue Lakeview Presbyterian's service to the community and help offset some of the church's financial obligations."