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

[sheelanagig at juno.com]

Approve. We need this shit badly...

kirsten

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 10:37:43 -0800 jonathan lawson
<jonathan at indymedia.org> writes:
> 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=e896ff5e78caa
8ca7d27d8b214ad3397">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>
> 
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