from: Brewed Fresh Daily [1]

George: A briefing on SB 117 from Walter & Haverfield’s client newsletter

Probably something to brush up on, then write your State Senator:

If enacted as written, Ohio Senate Bill 117 (S.B. 117), introduced on March 15, 2007, will have a tremendous negative impact on every municipality, township, and school district in Ohio. S.B. 117 takes away the right of Ohio’s municipalities and townships to require cable franchise agreements from cable operators and/or telephone companies. But this Bill would not only prohibit local governments from negotiating new agreements or extending existing ones; in fact, it would permit operators to abandon their existing franchise agreements at any time after the legislation becomes effective…

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