[173323] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni Fiber and Politics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce H McIntosh)
Tue Jul 22 08:59:34 2014
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From: Bruce H McIntosh <bhm@ufl.edu>
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:59:45 -0400
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On Mon, 2014-07-21 at 16:04 -0400, William Herrin wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> wrote:
> > I'd say your experience is anomalous. I don't know which township you're
> > in, but I'd suggest you focus on getting a set of more effective local
> > officials.
>
> Sure, 'cause fixing local utility problems at the voting booth has a
> long and studied history of success. Who do I vote for? The officials
> that allow rate increases and, when the utilities fail to fix the
> problems, allow more rate increases? Or the officials who refuse rate
> increases so that the utilities can't afford to fix the problems?
Bill, we *GOTTA* get you away from the District. Sounds like you've
spent too long in the loving embrace of the WSSC. :) Out here in The
Real World(tm) things tend to work better.
>
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