Re: Digital TV Conversion

[Dib9@aol.com]

The bond issue is also strange because Maine Public Television is a private 
non-profit, not part of state government, and Maine tax payers will be on the 
hook for nearly $10 million if the bond passes.  Maine Public Broadcasting 
also gets a $2 million annual subsidy from the state on top of their federal 
subsidies.  I have nothing against public broadcasting, I listen to the news 
on Maine Public Radio every day, but I do not understand why they can't be 
self-sufficient instead of feeding at the public trough.

--Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine




In a message dated 10/9/99 9:04:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dcole@ime.net 
writes:

<< Why am I not surprised?  Of course, a more effective scare campaign would 
be to threaten six more weeks of auctions and on-air panhandling per year if 
the
 suckers....excuse me, voters....don't come through.
 Just my two cents (plus 5.5-percent sales tax) worth. >>