[Peace-discuss] Fwd: UPTV requests your help - please write to US Senator Mark Kirk re Community Access Preservation Act

[Karen Aram]

In addition to filling in the form to Senator Mark Kirk, one can go to the FB page of the CAP ACT Group and sign their petition, and post it on one's FB for circulation.  
 
We need to really push this if public television is to remain accessible. 
 
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 13:17:57 -0600
To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: UPTV requests your help - please write to US Senator Mark Kirk re Community Access Preservation Act
From: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net


  

    
  
  
    From our friends at Urbana Public TV, who do all kinds of great work
    for our community, including very generous help putting out AWARE on
    the Air every week...   Please write to US Senator Mark Kirk to urge
    him to support the Community Access Preservation Act.   See below.

    

      > If you have a moment today or
        tomorrow to dash off a quick note to Senator Kirk, it couldn’t
        hurt!   This would be a major step forward in preserving
        community access television.  Thanks very much!

       

      
      
        Action Alert
        (please do this
              by Monday)
         
        American Community Television
            has been working on behalf of Public, Educational and
            Government (PEG) access television on Capitol Hill to get
            federal legislation passed to preserve and protect PEG
            access television.
         
        The Community Access
              Preservation Act (CAP Act) will soon be introduced by
            Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ed Markey.
        We believe we are close to
            having Senator Mark Kirk join the bill. 

            
        The CAP Act does the
            following:
        ·        
              Allows PEG access
          channels to use PEG funds for operational expenses as well as
          capital expenses.  This removes a major barrier for PEG
          television and we believe it will save or create 8,400 jobs
          nationwide.
        ·        
              Restores funding to
          access channels in statewide franchising states where PEG
          funding was eliminated.
        ·        
              Prevents a cable
          operator from charging municipalities and school districts for
          the transmission of the channels.
        ·        
              Keeps PEG access on the
          Basic tier of service, prevents operators from slamming PEG
          into the high 100’s and 900’s channels positions.
        We have been told by Senator
            Kirk’s staff that it is important that the Senator hear from
            municipalities and individuals in Illinois.  Please
                write him a quick note asking him to co-sponsor the
                Community Access Preservation Act (CAP Act).  
         
        You can use the fill in
              form on his website at:
        http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation
         
        ·        
                Say which
            access channel you are from (in which city)
        ·        
                Let him know
            how important access is to the community
        ·        
                Ask him to
            co-Sponsor the Community Access Preservation Act (the CAP
            Act)
        ·        
                Thank him for
            his service and for supporting the CAP Act.
        Please do this as soon as
              possible as we would really like to have him on the
              legislation as soon as it’s introduced.
         
        Thank You!  Bunnie Riedel
        Learn more:  www.acommunitytv.org
         
        410-992-4976
        American
            Community Television
        8775 Centre
            Park Drive, #255
        Columbia, MD
            21045
        410-992-4976
        riedel at acommunitytv.org
         
        http://www.acommunitytv.org
         
        Join us on
            Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Community-Television/327614886928?fref=ts
         
        Receive our
            newsletter riedel at acommunitytv.org
         
        Follow us on
            Twitter:  https://twitter.com/actnowforpeg
         
        
         
      
      

    
    

  


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