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| Here is the text of the Cox survey in Lafayette Called 46,000 people using automated calls - from local paper.
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. | |
 JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | Re: Here is the text of the Cox survey in Lafayett The "PROGRESS AND FREEDOM FOUNDATION" is yet ANOTHER industry shill group. I'll pretend to be surprised. | | |
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| reply to mojoman08297
Re: Here is the text of the Cox survey in Lafayette Ok, I got an introduction similar to the message above on my answering machine twice when I wasn't home (to be honest, I can't remember it word for word, but the above message doesn't seem quite what I remember). It came from a phone number in HERNDON, VA (703)961-0500 according to my caller id display. Chances are I wouldn't have answered a survey about my local services from an out of state number anyway. I happen to support LUS however. There is obviously way more to the story. The city has the infrastructure in place to support it, and with Cox still limiting us to 1 meg down, people would likely jump at the higher speeds that the city is capable of offering. | |
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