Pennsylvania Senate passes odious bill: it's up to the Governor

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () dandin com>
Date: November 19, 2004 3:43:00 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Pennsylvania Senate passes odious bill: it's up 
to the Governor
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com



[Note:  This item comes from friend Esme Vos of MuniWireless.com.  All 
parties interested in this issue should contact Governor Rendell as she 
suggests.  Expect this sort of bill to start to come up in other states 
as the incumbents continue to move on their long-range plans of 
entrenchment.  DLH]

> From: Esme Vos <esme () muniwireless com>
> Date: November 19, 2004 12:21:16 PM PST
> To: Dewayne Hendricks
> Subject: Pennsylvania Senate passes odious bill: it's up to the 
> Governor
>
> Dewayne,
>
> Verizon and the cable/DSL mafia are going to get their wishes unless
> Governor Rendell vetos this bill. My latest post on Muniwireless
> (http://www.muniwireless.com/archives/000503.html)
>
> Pennsylvania Senate passes House Bill 30: call the Governor and tell 
> him to
> veto
>
> I rarely do these things - tell people to call governors to tell them 
> to
> veto bills - but this one is really important. The Pennsylvania Senate
> passed House Bill 30 which prohibits municipalities from delivering
> telecommunications services for compensation if it competes with 
> private
> enterprise. The bill is now awaiting signature by Governor Rendell but 
> he
> has grave reservations about the proposed law and won't sign it unless
> significant revisions are made, notably to the prohibition on 
> municipalities
> offering telecoms services.
>
> Tell the Gov you don't want this bill to become law and tell him 
> they've got
> to take that section banning munis from offering telecoms services. 
> It's not
> that I think munis should be offering these types of services, rather I
> believe they should have the option of doing so, especially where 
> there is a
> duopoly (one cable and one DSL operator).
>
> Telephone Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania at (717) 787-2500.


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