Jerry Prevo Wants to Build the World's Tallest Cross in Anchorage

You read it right. Though the idea isn't serious right now, Pastor Jerry Prevo is currently seeking approval from the FAA to build a 230-foot tall cross on his property that would tower over east Anchorage and become purportedly the world's tallest cross. If built, the cross would be taller than all office buildings in midtown, with only the Anchorage Hilton, ConocoPhillips, and Atwood Building, all in downtown, being taller.

I personally have a hard time imagining such a structure surviving past planning and zoning reviews at its current height, especially as Prevo's Anchorage Baptist Temple sits in a residential area. A few years ago, residents in this same area were complaining loudly about the monster-sized power lines that now run up and down Northern Lights Boulevard toward Muldoon. Most Anchorage residents may be Christian (or not), but you don't want to feel their wrath when you propose a 230-foot pole -- Christian cross or not. Even much shorter cell phone towers spark controversy when they go up in Anchorage neighborhoods. But of course in Dan Coffey's Anchorage, this issue of zoning would be a non-issue, and thus the cross would pass the zoning board with flying colors (while skipping the public hearing, of course). 

Jerry Prevo says he hasn't even looked into whether such a project is feasible, but seeing as how he has plenty of money to throw into his bigoted, anti-LGBT "No On 5" campaign, I'm sure he'll find a way to allocate funding. Seriously, I thought the tale of Big Butter Jesus had already taught us what happens when you make giant tacky religious monuments for your god(s). Also, wasn't the worship of icons and monuments one of the reasons for the Protestant Reformation? All I can say is that I would be so embarrassed for Anchorage if this monstrosity of epic proportions goes up -- especially under the orders of a man like Jerry Prevo.

Anyways here's the article by Channel 2's Christine Kim:
Anchorage Baptist Temple Plans to Build 230-foot-tall Cross