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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi -</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I was very surprised to
get a response to my comments. Obviously Dan C and probably
others have made up their minds <i>prior to the hearing. </i>Am
I naive to think that AT&T and Comcast are contributing to
election coffers or some other influential but nasty fund?</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Good luck,? Bill</font><br>
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<td>Re: Fiber-optic network for Davis</td>
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<td>Sat, 1 Jun 2019 20:20:37 +0000</td>
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<td>Dan Carson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:DCarson@cityofdavis.org"><DCarson@cityofdavis.org></a></td>
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<div class="">Bill,</div>
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<div class="">Thanks for your comments. I know what a heartfelt
wish it is by you and others for this city to have its own
muni fiber system. ?But in my view there is more to this issue
that I must consider as a council member ? very large city
costs and risks for our taxpayers identified by the Broadband
Task Force itself and a consultant they oversaw for
development of such a system ?Attached please find an article
that will appear in tomorrow?s Enterprise outlining these
challenges.</div>
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<div class="">In any case, whether or not you agree with me, I
welcome your continued participation in our city discussions
about these matters. ?This is a very important matter for all
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<p class=""><font class="" face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">As a citizen of Davis, I urge you to
favor and go forward with a fiber-optic network as
evaluated in the BATF report. Commerce depends more
each day on fast computer access. For the city of
Davis not to have the leading technology in this
area defies reason and good sense. This is a simple
situation in which city managers
<i class="">must </i>acknowledge that the experts
who spent several years of research to prepare the
feasibility study are better qualified to judge the
merits of such a system than any political body. It
is a case in which the people and the BATF should be
heard. To reject the merits of the system and the
desires of the majority of the people would be
foolhardy and would make a mockery of a government
that is elected to serve the people.
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