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SAVE PUBLIC ACCESS TV ACTION ALERT |
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07 Jun 2006
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THIS WEEK TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE "NO TO COPE!"
ON THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH CONGRESS WILL VOTE ON "THE COPE ACT" -- IF PASSED
"COPE" WILL END PUBLIC ACCESS TV AS WE KNOW IT! |
THIS WEEK TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE "NO TO COPE!"
ON THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH CONGRESS WILL VOTE ON "THE COPE ACT" -- IF PASSED
"COPE" WILL END PUBLIC ACCESS TV AS WE KNOW IT!
TAKE A MOMENT FROM YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE AND SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
GO TO: http://saveaccess.org/takeaction
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY! Even if you?ve reached out to your
representatives already, we need you to contact them one more time and
tell them to vote "NO" to the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion,
and Enhancement Act of 2006" (COPE Act/HR.5252). And encourage them
instead to support legislation that guarantees local video franchises
and local control of Public Access TV.
Please raise your voice and tell your Congressional Representatives:
1) The COPE Act could end Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG)
Access TV! PEG TV is a cornerstone of local government, education, and
our democracy. Any new legislation must guarantee current or increased
levels of funding and channel capacity for Public Access TV .
2) The COPE Act will end local control and local oversight of PEG TV.
PEG TV is America's local television service -- local communities must
be able to determine our own PEG TV needs!
3) The COPE Act does not include "build-out" requirements?it would allow
phone companies to 'redline' low income, rural and minority communities.
All communities must have equal access to video, data, and voice
services!
4) Also, remind them the New York City Council unanimously passed
Resolution (Res. 0136-2006) on May 10th, opposing the COPE Act or any
similar legislation. The COPE bill could take away the $80 million New
York City currently receives in local video franchise fees each year
local franchises make Public Access TV possible.
Thanks for all your support! Please continue to check
http://saveaccess.org/ for updates on what's happening on this issue
nationally. |
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Locally, the cable system carries a number of government channels, but only once channel offers partial public access programming, despite the normous demand in the community for it. Please call Rep. Tim Johnson and ask that he commit to voting NO! on this ill-conceived legislation. It's increasingly difficult for democracy to work, when the public has so little access to discuss the issues of the day. |
