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TN: Cable franchise bill passes House sub-committee

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Created 04/18/2007 - 6:25pm

from: KnoxViews [1]

Cable franchise bill passes House sub-committee

The Tennessee House Utilities, Banking, and Small Business sub-committee voted 8 to 6 to recommend passage of the cable franchise bill [2] that will eliminate local control of cable franchises.

Representatives voting for approval were: Cobb C [3], Gilmore [4], Kelsey [5], Lynn [6], McCormick [7], Pitts [8], Curtiss [9], Shepard [10].

Representatives voting against approval were: Fitzhugh [11], Lundberg [12], Matheny [13], McManus [14], Rowe [15], Towns [16].

It is on the Senate Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture committee calendar for action today. The House action today was, I believe, the first recorded vote on the measure.

Here's a recent post by C.E. Petro [17] about why this isn't a good idea, and here's a KnoxViews roundup [18].


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