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ElkinsFranchiseCox2004The proposed Cox franchise with Elkins -- a give-away to Cox -- goes for its third reading at the Feb.3, 2005 City Council meeting in Elkins. It's accompanied by token "donations" in separate letters of agreement, which represent only a fraction the compensation that the people of Elkins could demand of Cox. It's a giant digital step backwards, much like the County's, which restricts all Fayetteville PEG Channel coverage in the County outside the Fayetteville City limits. Elkins would no longer receive Channel 16 (Government); Channel 18 (Community Access);or Education (Channel 14. This is Elkins'15-year-old franchise that would simply be extended until 2011. Attach:ElkinsFrancise1990xx.pdf This is Washington County's latest "give-away" franchise that extends its 1994 Contract with Cox. |