Victory in Lafayette!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dave Burstein <daveb () dslprime com>
Date: July 16, 2005 11:39:30 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Fwd: Victory in Lafayette!


> By a 62% to 38% vote, the citizens of Lafayette approved the  
> Lafayette Fiber to the Home Project.
>
> Mayor Joey Durel:  "This is a huge moment for Lafayette and  
> America.  Our citizens have sent a powerful message -- Americans  
> want their local governments to do what's necessary to be 21st  
> Century cities second to none."
>
> Utilities Director Terry Huval:  "Today, we did what our  
> predecessors did 109 years ago -- we took our future into our own  
> hands."  Also "BellSouth and Cox wanted the people of Lafayette to  
> speak, and now the people of Lafayette have spoken loud and clear.   
> Now it's time for BellSouth and Cox to accept what the people have  
> said and stop throwing hurdles in our way."
>
> Lafayette Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley: "America won  
> tonight."
>
> City-Parish Attorney Pat Ottinger:  "The vote confirms what the  
> City-Parish council has been saying all along."
>
> Attorney Jim Baller:  "The voters of Lafayette have sent a wake-up  
> call to incumbents and legislators across America.  It's time for  
> the public and private sectors to put conflicts like this aside and  
> get American broadband moving again."
>
> Jim Baller
> The Baller Herbst Law Group, PC
> 2014 P Street, NW
> Washington, DC 20036
> (202) 833-1144 (phone)
> (202) 833-1180 (fax)
> www.Baller.com

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