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Dick Armey Suggests Indiana Should Abolish Telecom Franchise Fees |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 20 January 2006 |
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Dick Armey -- yes, the Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader -- suggests that Indiana should abolish all cable/video franchise fees in a letter of support to Senator Brandt Hershman, sponsor of SB245 on telecommunitation deregulation and state-wide video franchises. Bunnie Riedel, former Executive Director of the Alliance for Community Media, calls Armey's missive "a masterpiece of flatulent obfuscation" in her blog. Armey is now Co-Chair of FreedomWorks, a Texas-based "grassroots" organization that is sponsoring the "Choose Your Cable" advertisements in Indiana and other states to eliminate local cable franchises, deregulate basic telephone service and offer tax abatements to assist the Baby Bells.
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