[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: RTM City Council Candidate Survey

[jonathan lawson]

subtitle: MEDIA POLICY IS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE
title: City Council Candidates on Media Issues

Seattle-based media activist group <a 
href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org">Reclaim the Media</a> has
  conducted its first Candidate Survey, asking Seattle City Council 
candidates to go on the record concerning significant media policy issues. 
In the next couple of years, the city will be renegotiating important cable 
franchise agreements with Comcast and Millennium. These contracts will 
determine many facets of how the city's neighborhoods receive cable TV and 
broadband Internet service for years to come; they're also Seattle's 
opportunity to get a lot more benefits from the cable providers in return 
for their lucrative access to our homes and public rights-of-way. We need 
to know whether our public officials are up to speed on these issues, and 
to know where they stand - either to hold them accountable to stated 
positions, or to press them for change.

<p><a 
href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/survey03.php?PHPSESSID=e896ff5e78caa8ca7d27d8b214ad3397">Read 
the Survey Results Here</a><br>
<a 
href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/stories.php?story=03/10/24/2062412">City 
Council Candidates Respond on Media Issues</a>