cmscholloway
join:2005-01-05
Austin, TX
| reply to SanJoseNerd
Re: What's wrong?
Since the city can no longer collect the franchise fees (from SBC and soon enough Time Warner), they will lose revenue. Because the franchise fee is collected at the State level, the cities won't be allowed to tax them "twice" for the same service.
In the Texas State legislature, the only way the interests of the people (and in this case Cities) are protected is when one huge corporation is opposed by another huge corporation. It's kind of like when the Eagles play the Redskins in the NFL. You wish there was a way that both teams could lose. Time Warner showed up at the Capital with one less suitcase full of money than SBC. So now we all suffer. |
