The outlandish spending of Comcast and its pals in the cable biz should come as no surprise. In 2009, their pressure group "No Blank Check" - funded, ironically, by a huge check for $246,513 - spent a total of $13.34 for every vote cast on the same issue that we are considering today. (There were 18,479 in total.)
To put that into perspective, Mayor Bryan Baum spent $13,382 on the race, which totaled 16,592 votes. That's 81 cents per vote cast.
With their current policy of putting a scary piece of junk mail in every mailbox as often as possible (I've had five separate ones already) it's clear they will outspend last election cycle.
The question is whether they can buy enough votes this time to fox the citizens of Longmont again.
Since every candidate who has spoken on this issue is FOR 2A, since everyone I've spoken to personally hates Comcast's service and prices, and since even such conservative institutions as the Tea Party and the Times Call support 2A, I think that we'll be celebrating on November 2nd.
Our vote is not for sale, Comcast.
I actually just spoke with comcast today. They give you great 6 month deals the after that your bill literally doubles. Now the interesting part, and I have never experienced this with them. Here is Longmont we are eligible for a special deal. With some of their lowest prices but you have to sign a 2 year contract. Are they afraid 2A is making head way with the people? This way if it passes they have people trapped unless they want to break the contract and pay the fee. This is all very interesting.
I support 2A and other government revenue generating projects so it keeps my taxes low. This kind of logic I would argue would help government revenue everywhere, just so long as its not a mandatory sign in, to allow for competitive market driven prices.