One month ago this week, Chairman of Media Action Marin Peter Franck sent a PUBLIC INSPECTION REQUEST to the Marin Telecommunications Agency (MTA) in order to enable public review of the draft cable franchise agreement between Marin and Comcast.
Mr Franck's request read in part:
"Therefore, on behalf of Media Action Marin, and the public this is to request, pursuant to Government Code Section 6253 that the draft franchise agreement be immediately made available for inspection and copying. As you know, the public records act provides, in pertinent party:
6253. (a) Public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as hereafter provided. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be available for inspection by any person requesting the record after deletion of the portions that are exempted by law."
The MTA has been negotiating this agreement for over 6 years. We feel the Marin community should be given sufficient time to review this complicated agreement. Our community will have to live with this critical telecommunications decision for a decade!
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