I’m taking a little trip this weekend, away from all news and views. Somehow I have the feeling that when I return, I’ll read that Gov. Perdue has vetoed another controversial bill. The governor’s had the bill for two weeks and now it comes down to a Friday afternoon decision.
Lots of discussion out there about whether or not the municipal broadband bill represents Raleigh’s usurpation of local government control —- something conservatives supposedly abhor. But JLF’s Joseph Coletti says it well when he points out “it is the right and responsibility of state officials to step in on behalf of citizens” when local officials abuse their power.
The bigger philosophical picture is worth the debate, but just be ware that municipal broadband is a guaranteed money loser. So if the governor vetoes the bill, don’t say nobody told you so when you’re standing around scratching your head in years to come, wondering how it got to this point.
