On: Cable lobby rebuffed in attempt to ban public broa...

[wnevets]

"I think we did really kill the entire issue for at least a year."

hmmm.

[ambler0 → wnevets]

Exactly the part I came on here to quote. It will be back; these things always come back. Democracy requires eternal vigiliance.

[Florin_Andrei → ambler0]

> Democracy requires eternal vigiliance

You mean, wherever there's a huge pile of cash to be had, eternal vigilance is required.

[crazypyro → wnevets]

To be fair, this is probably the best solution. They can only hope the Kansas legislature shifts a little by the time another challenge is presented.

[betterunix → crazypyro]

Or that these bills can be shot down over and over until municipal broadband is built out, at which point the battle will have been won. When people start getting better, faster, and cheaper service it will be pretty hard for legislators to take it away.