Alan: Last night I attended a community meeting sponsored by "Solarize Hillsborough." It was immediately apparent that America's so-called "free market" is anything but, and that large corporations do everything in their power to force topsy-turvy bias on the "even" playing field.
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"Chattanooga, Tenn., and Wilson, N.C., are among a number of cities and towns that provide their own municipal broadband networks. About 20 states, depending on whom you ask, have laws that restrict them in some fashion. This summer, in what could eventually be a landmark action, Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board, which runs its network, and the government of Wilson petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to preempt state laws they say prevent them from geographically expanding their broadband offerings. The legal debate has focused on whether the FCC has authority to preempt these state laws." Anne L. Kim in Roll Call
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