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Re: Blame the stupid voters Lies Unclehomer...and I call BS on you. It was actually SBC who was at the County calling the election "unfair" also, along with several election judges and voters from precincts who got the broadband question who were ineligible to have the question on their ballots. However, if people got the question who were not supposed to have it, then that IS unfair, and a new election should be called.
Say what you will Unclehomer about no business plan as well, but there was a feasibility study done for 2003's election (750 pages worth) and there were always direct answers given. Just because you don't listen to any of the answers doesn't mean they weren't given.
It should always tell voters something that the PRESIDENT of SBC ILLINOIS and NETWORK PRESIDENT OF SBC were brought in to debate the head of the citizen's group (a housewife (meaning no disrespect)from Batavia, IL). Not to mention the big guns from Comcast! Do you think those folks from SBC and Comcast were the honest ones telling the truth to the residents to the Tri-Cities? HECK NO! Then they thought that looked a little heavy handed so Comcast hired a local media consultant to represent them to make them look more "community friendly"....turns out this guy also writes for the Kane County Chronicle in town and happened to be the only guy who had ever written in the paper as a columnist against the broadband issue. HMMMMMMMMMMM. Thing is, he never disclosed to his readers that he was working for Comcast. I hope the KCC continues to take heat for it's very poor discision not to disclose this fact that their writer Bill Page continued to write stories up until Aug. 19 about broadband then work for Comcast (he was first noticed out in public at a Comcast event Sept. 8th).
People like Unclehomer aren't visionary and certainly aren't even rational. Heck, Unclehomer doesn't even see the cities have been providing life critical services to the Tri-Cities for over 130+ years! But he is concerned about entertainment services. IT WAS A CHOICE FOR SERVICES! And we already know how to splice fiber....we have fiber rings in our three towns, we have for years. So, Unclehomer, either get with the times, get a clue, get a life or whatever. But I will not let you spread BS like this to others all over the country.
This was never a tax risk. The questions specifically prohibited taxes from being used. Readers/posters here are certainly savvy enough to know what FFOF was trying to accomplish here. Just because SBC and Comcast can outspend and steamroll grass roots initiatives does not mean that what THEY are saying is the truth. In fact, what they are saying is everything BUT the truth!
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