The Mathews County Planning Commission voted Tuesday night to recommend that the board of supervisors approve several requests that were brought before the commission for public hearings. Commissioners had a lot of questions about a request to allow the placement of a 195-foot monopole Verizon Wireless communications tower on property owned by Mark Tomcany at the corner of New Point Comfort Highway and Williams Wharf Road. Chairman Billy Cook and commissioner Tim Hill said they had received numerous telephone calls from people complaining about the proposed project, and Hill grilled Tomcany’s co-applicants, The Towers LLC & Cellco Partnership (which do business as Verizon Wireless) about the proposed location. “I don’t think it’s necessary,” said Hill from the outset. “It’s superfluous.” Hill suggested that Verizon Wireless should instead place equipment on an AT&T tower recently approved for placement on Beaverdam Road, just a mile away. Verizon spokespersons Lisa Murphy and R...