ANOTHER BAD BILL - ATTACK ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY up for hearing Friday
CAP WATCH ACTION ALERT
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO OPPOSE HB 2874 HD1
AN ATTACK ON COMMUNITY MEDIA & THE PUBLIC VOICE
Another REALLY BAD BILL – HB 2874 HD1- will be heard at 1:30 m on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Room 016. We humbly ask YOU to write a few lines in OPPOSITION to this BAD bill.
HB 2874 HD1 RELATING TO BROADBAND
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/HB2874_HD1_.pdf
Creates broadband special fund to support funding public school broadband and laptop initiatives. Beginning 01/01/13, freezes appropriations of moneys derived from cable fees at the lesser of the 2011 appropriation or the amount that a recipient would otherwise receive in the current year. Requires excess moneys to be deposited into the broadband special fund. Effective 07/01/12 and repealed 06/30/17.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair
Senator Glenn Wakai, ViceChair
Friday, March 16, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Room 016
STRONG OPPOSITIONTO HB2874 HD1
E-mail Testimony to: EDTTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov
CAP POSITION: STRONG OPPOSITION TO HB 2874 HD1
TALKING POINTS:
· By limiting PEG (Public, Education, Government) Access funding, the state will also be limiting the free expression of local voices
· Community participation and PEG Access programming continues to grow. Capping the funding will make it nearly impossible for community media on all islands to meet future communication needs
· These funds come from Oceanic Time Warner’s enormous profits as rent for their use of OUR public rights-of-way/public airspace
· The funds are DEDICATED to community media/public access media
· Funds collected from cable subscribers for the purpose of supporting PEG Access should only be used for that purpose – community media
· Cable subscribers should not bear the burden for creating a broadband initiative
· This bill would stem the growth of community media that has given voice to community members who would never be heard in the mainstream media
· This is a direct attack on democracy
CAP’s testimony is attached. Feel free to use anything in it. Even a few lines opposing this outrageous attack on direct democracy would be great.
TELL OUR LEGISLATURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT!
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Kat Brady, Coordinator
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