nekote
join:2000-12-16
Hopkinton, MA
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Franchise - hidden (real estate) tax; Astroturf
IMHO, one of the primary purposes these days of the "Franchise" agreements is for a municipality to obtain a hidden stream of benefits, via the cable bill, rather than the up front (real estate) tax bill.
Hey, you want a local studio and $100,000/yr to staff and operate it?
Well, just tack that on to the consumer's cable bill.
That way, it isn't really a municipal expense, right?
Astroturf - cool euphemism for artificial "grass roots".
Sadly, "Astroturf" advocacy groups are a common and very long standing method of obfuscating / advocating on issues.
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LilYoda
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Re: Local cable franchise agreements SHOULD be eliminated.
said by toadlife  :said by pcscdma :I think it's hilarious that you have a mywireless.org site in your signature. LOL Let me guess - an astro-turfing site?  Read the article... Mywireless.org is at the bottom of the list. |
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toadlife
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said by pcscdma :I think it's hilarious that you have a mywireless.org site in your signature. LOL Let me guess - an astro-turfing site?
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pcscdma
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I think it's hilarious that you have a mywireless.org site in your signature. LOL |
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major marco
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Stepford, CA
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said by Admj :  Maybe the people making the laws should be doing research to make a better choice before they actually vote on making laws and protect the ones that put them in office... The same professional grifters on the take couldn't even be bothered to read the most draconian, civil rights voiding legislation in the country's entire history before they signed it and you want them to research piddling cable issues before they make it a law? OMFG. Now that's some funny ass shit. Get real. Informed opinions aren't how it works in this country, particularly as it relates to consumers. The name of the game is money. We have the best government that money can buy.
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DaveNJ
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join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to gheezer
Thats stupid , why would want to give away the only clout the consumer have against corporations such as comcast, and verizon ?
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Admj
join:2001-01-17
Placentia, CA |  reply to gheezer
Maybe the people making the laws should be doing research to make a better choice before they actually vote on making laws and protect the ones that put them in office... |
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gheezer
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join:2002-12-20
Henrietta, NY
| And the Cable company told, in no uncertain terms, they MUST not absorb the franchise payments as revenue, it MUST be returned to the subscriber in the form of lower monthly bills.
Local Franchise agreements are an anachronism, and contribute to the "Monopoly" the cable company maintains locally.
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