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Englewood, CO | COX LAFAYETTE INTERNET ACCESS RESIDENT (LIAR) SURVEY
1. Do you use the Internet? (y/n)
2. Do you think your municipal government is run by godless Commies? (y/n)
3. Do you want your Internet access controlled by those godless Commies? (y/n)
4. I know all the “fiber to the home” I really need I can get from my breakfast cereal. (y/n)
5. Muni supporters think the North won the War of Succession. (y/n)
6. I hate people who think that. (y/n)
7. Therefore, I hate supporters of municipal fiber and their use of my tax dollars to support worthy initiatives to make my community better…and I love Cox Cable and its well-documented, yet very reasonable, increases in my monthly bill. (Of course, what else could I be thinking? / No, I am a godless commie.)
EBITDA = Earnings Before Irregularities, Tampering, and Dubious Accounting (Om Malik in Broadbandits:Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist |
| reply to ParanoiaInc
Lafayette - LUS - City
THIS IS FEC RESEARCH WITH A 45-SECOND PUBLIC SURVEY. ARE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD AN EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL OF LAFAYETTE GOVERNMENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF LUS OR THE MEDIA?
LUS, THE CITY OWNED UTILITY, IS CONSIDERING BORROWING $100 MILLION TO PROVIDE CABLE, PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICES FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. OPPONENTS SAY IT IS UNNECESSARY FOR THE CITY UNITLY TO BORROW THIS MONEY BECAUSE OTHER COMPANIES ALREADY PROVIDE CABLE, PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICES TO YOUR HOME. CONSIDERING THIS, SHOULD CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZE LUS TO BORROW MONEY FOR THIS PLAN?
LUS HAS STATED THAT IF THIS VENTURE FAILS, BONDHOLDERS NOT TAXPAYERS WILL BEAR THE COST. ANALYSIS BY THE NON-PROFIT PROGRESS AND FREEDOM FOUNDATION CONCLUDES THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST TYPES OF INVESTMENTS A MUNICIPALITY CAN MAKE. OPPONENTS OF THIS PLAN SAY THAT IF LUS DEFAULTS IT WILL HARM ITS ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS COULD CAUSE INCREASES IN WHAT YOU PAY FOR GARBAGE, ELECTRICITY AND WATER. CONSIDERING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS, DO YOU WANT CITY PARISH OFFICIALS TO VOTE TO ALLOW LUS TO BORROW $100 MILLION DOLLARS?
AS YOU MAY KNOW, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS ALREADY PAY MORE TO LUS FOR GARBAGE, ELECTRICITY AND WATER SERVICES. LUS HAS PROPOSED A $100 MILLION PLAN TO BUILD A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK THAT WOULD ONLY SERVE CITY RESIDENTS. LUS HAS STATED THAT IF THIS VENTURE FAILS, BONDHOLDERS NOT TAXPAYERS WILL BEAR THE COST. OPPONENTS SAY IF LUS DEFAULTS ITS ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY WILL BE HARMED FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS COULD CAUSE LUS TO INCREASE WHAT YOU PAY FOR GARBAGE, ELECTRICITY AND WATER SERVICES. CONSIDERING THE BENEIFTS AND RISKS DO YOU THINK CITY PARISH OFFICIALS SHOULD VOTE TO ALLOW LUS TO BORROW $100 MILLION DOLLARS?
LUS STATES THAT ONLY TWO OTHER U.S. MUNICIPALITIES HAVE UNDERTAKEN SIMILAR UTILITY PROJECTS. THIS YEAR, ONE OF THOSE LOCALITIES IS INSTITUTING A 12 TO 15 PERCENT RATE INCREASE ON CUSTOMERS LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER COMPLETING THE PROJECT. CONSIDERING THIS, DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THIS $100 MILLION EXPENDITURE SHOULD BE APPROVED?
A RECENT LETTER IN THE ADVERTISER QUESTIONED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INITIATE A $100 MILLION EFFORT TO BUILD A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK THAT WILL COMPETE WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. CONSIDERING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS DO YOU THINK CITY PARISH OFFICIALS SHOULD VOTE TO ALLOW LUS TO BORROW $100 MILLION DOLLARS?
ARE YOU WILLING TO ASK YOUR CITY PARISH COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE AGAINST THIS PLAN TO BORROW $100 MILLION?
GREAT, PLEASE CALL CITY PARISH COUNCIL AT 291.8800 TO LET THEM KNOW YOU OPPOSE THIS PLAN. THAT'S 291.8800.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND VIEWS. THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY FEC RESEARCH AND AUTHORIZED BY COX COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. GOODBYE. |
