Hopefully, they are successful. Municipal governments aren't equipped to make these decisions.
In my city (Albany, NY), the city signed a 10 year franchise agreeing giving Time Warner a monopoly on tv services, which makes the city much less attractive for FIOS, which is available in most surrounding communities.
Why did they do this? Some idiot activists got the city to demand that TWC provide a public access channel (hello, 1982) and to build a "TV studio" in the local high school.
In my city (Albany, NY), the city signed a 10 year franchise agreeing giving Time Warner a monopoly on tv services, which makes the city much less attractive for FIOS, which is available in most surrounding communities.
Why did they do this? Some idiot activists got the city to demand that TWC provide a public access channel (hello, 1982) and to build a "TV studio" in the local high school.