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

[Jeremy G Kahn]

Approve. Somebody put this up. I would, but I'm head down studying for 
midterms.

--jeremy

sheelanagig at juno.com wrote:

>Approve. We need this shit badly...
>
>kirsten
>
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 10:37:43 -0800 jonathan lawson
><jonathan at indymedia.org> writes:
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>>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.
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>><p><a 
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>href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/survey03.php?PHPSESSID=e896ff5e78caa
>8ca7d27d8b214ad3397">Read 
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>>the Survey Results Here</a><br>
>><a 
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>href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/stories.php?story=03/10/24/2062412">
>City 
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>>Council Candidates Respond on Media Issues</a>
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