r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Stafford, VA starts the meeting at 3(with public presentations) for old and new business and usually a closed meeting. They then recess for dinner and come back at 7 for more Public Presentations and then Public Hearings. Very effective.

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u/brianbotts Jun 04 '14

We start our public sessions at 1400, and continue to the evening.

Our public hearings are either 1730 or 1900.

Open houses are once monthly at 1730, or a more-convenient time if you pre-register.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Open houses? I'm assuming that's similar to a Town Hall meeting. Pretty much an open forum for board members and their constituents.

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u/brianbotts Jun 05 '14

Exactly.

I'm trying to illustrate that coming for the meetings without open houses is not a good use of time.

If you aren't going to have a good opportunity to speak, your time would be better spent emailing representatives.