tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post913084399944765963..comments2023-10-24T08:13:45.842-06:00Comments on Only in New Mexico: LeadershipJim Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019944863771287149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post-16477320134722036462015-11-05T08:04:24.044-07:002015-11-05T08:04:24.044-07:00Hessito Yntema was proposing municipal internet as...Hessito Yntema was proposing municipal internet as one of his economic reforms (along with a push for public banking)..... It didn't seem to get him much traction in District 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post-65211335594096917302015-11-04T14:44:19.800-07:002015-11-04T14:44:19.800-07:00That high speed publicly owned socialist internet ...That high speed publicly owned socialist internet besides making Fort Collins residents' lives more enjoyable will probably boost the city's economic growth, as it has in Chattanooga, TN, which built its own internet system and is now a "center for innovation" with a growing high tech local industry base.<br /><br />http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/20/technology/innovation/chattanooga-internet/index.html<br /><br />The federal government helped Chattanooga pay for their blazing fast fiber optic system with a grant through the Department of Energy, although I don't hear the president promoting competition for the cable companies too much, perhaps because he's good golfing buddies with the CEO of Comcast.<br /><br />We the people really have to take things into our own hands. Another report is out today <br /><br />tinyurl.com/ogpnbe8<br /><br />about Albuquerque's unemployment rate increasing, to compliment really poor statewide figures you reported on earlier. To the relief of the mayor, the governor and Journal editors, there are flag draped coffins of "superhero" cops and plenty else to put on the front page to divert our attention from things like our deteriorating economic well being.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com