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JCC Board Formally Asks Cox to Find New ChannelBy Desiree Parker Wednesday, July 27, 2011 The James City County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday evening to urge Cox Communications to find a new Richmond cable news and weather station. Cox recently notified the county that it will no longer carry Channel 12, the Richmond-area NBC affiliate, starting the first of August. Cox had to eliminate the channel in the Historic Triangle area based on contractual obligations and will now only carry the Hampton Roads NBC affiliate. Since the county made the announcement, citizens have been contacting the county and sharing their displeasure at the idea, prompting the Board to try to take some further action.Roberts District Supervisor Bruce Goodson said at Tuesday's meeting, “I have heard from a number of citizens about this… we’ve always had Richmond coverage. Many of us, myself included, commute to Richmond. It was disheartening that we’re losing [Channel 12].” Though the county has no authority to negotiate programming and rates, staff has contacted the Federal Communications Commission and also Cox to see what can be done. Cox representatives told the county the company will look for another Richmond station to add to the Cox lineup, and the Board decided to emphasize the county’s desire by unanimously adopting the resolution. The resolution notes that “a large percentage of James City County residents associate themselves more with the Richmond media market than Norfolk/Hampton Roads and desire a Richmond source of news, weather, and traffic.” It also says the county has communicated to Cox to “express the deep concern of residents about the loss of a Richmond area media source.” Residents can email cablecomments@james-city.va.us or leave a complaint at 886-4006, the cable complaint hotline. The county will forward the messages and a Cox representative will respond. |
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I must respectfully submit that the only thing we may agree upon is the fact that your chosen screen name owes many apologies for the prior comments accusing others of lies, distortions and the quite vile and disgusting comments regarding Chairman Jones, all of which you seem to now want to sweep under the rug and pretend as though these offenses have not occurred. Until such time that your apology is offered, your comments shall be considered UNwarranted and UNappropriate
BTW – you still have not answered the simplest of questions regarding JCC’s benefits of being a member in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives that was founded at the United Nations…
But thank you oh so much for clarifying just what you consider as appropriate behavior and furthermore what is UNtolerable!
We agree! I encourage everyone to look at the website and make up their own mind. Also very hard to have a debate with a person who cannot spell or at least use spell check. When a word is spelled wrong, it is usually highlighted with a red underline in your web browser. - "I've jut neve herd it"? Really? Hard to respect your opinion on the ICLEI organization when you can't spell the word "organization". I won't even BEGIN to correct your grammar.
We’ve already read the comment that you keep re-posting. We’ve followed the invitation and visited this organization’s web-site and are not contorting or manipulating the data, rather quoting directly from it here again:
Founded in 1990
ICLEI was founded in 1990 as the 'International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives'. The Council was established when more than 200 local governments from 43 countries convened at our inaugural conference, the World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future, at the United Nations in New York.
Again this is a complete and direct quote from ICLEI's web-site on the about ICLEI page self-describing the organisation history and background.
Not sure what Mr. Limbaugh has to do with any of this, as I’ve never heard him speak regarding this topic...maybe he has, I've jut neve herd it.
Mr. Beck on the other hand did do a TV show dedicated to this topic. Interestingly though, this was after Chairman Jones brought up the topic and simply asked for an open honest discussion and analysis of the pros and cons for JCC which has yet to occur. This verifiable fact would lead normal rational thought to conclude that she is the basis or source of his commentary rather than somehow his talking head.
Again, it is rather amusing, and quite troubling, that you seem more reliant upon an unsubstantiated blog comment as your sole basis of fact and seem to disregard direct quotes from the groups own web-site, bizarrely claiming that others are somehow twisting or distorting facts.
Maybe if you would get past your trivium education and exercise the slightest intellectual honesty, you would realize that your comment are actually the UNread and UNresearched and even as some would say the conspiracy based largely on a whole cloth!
I will try and keep a civil tone this time... I am very tired of the Mary Jones Tea PARTY patriots distorting the facts. Try watching something else besides Glenn Beck and Rush. You can get on the website and twist it however you want (like you do with the constitution) but once again from the horses mouth:
Don Knapp wrote on Jul 20, 2011 1:27 PM:
" Hello, this is Don Knapp at ICLEI USA. We are a transparent organization, and I want to take a moment to set the record straight about who we are and what we do.
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading nonprofit membership organization devoted to local governments engaged in sustainability, climate protection, and clean energy initiatives.
We are not, as you state, part of the United Nations, but a 501(c)3 nonprofit. We were founded by local governments themselves, not the U.N.
Our members, in cities and counties big and small, rural and urban, share a commitment to climate protection, clean energy solutions, and sustainability. ICLEI strives to help its members meet their self-defined goals. The idea that we push mandates on local governments is patently false. They decide what's right for their own communities, and we help them with tools and resources, and connect them to other local governments to share ideas and challenges.
Sustainability is not a concept invented by the U.N., nor is it a secret agenda. It is mainstream and American. Walmart, for example, is one of America's corporate leaders in sustainability, because being more sustainable (e.g., reducing energy use) helps it save money and reduce its environmental impact.
The same is true for local governments. A city that "wants to become more sustainable" may want to conserve natural resources while at the same time creating jobs and economic growth, and save taxpayer dollars through energy initiatives. The individual goals vary place to place, but the overall theme is the same: to create thriving, healthy communities not only for ourselves, but for our children and grandchildren.
I invite you to visit our website, www.icleiusa.org, to learn more about us. "
So reposting a blog comment, supposedly written by the press spokesperson of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, that was posted on a local blog is considered more factual and accurate than the organizations own web-site?
And this answers any of the simple questions yet unanswered how?
Chairman Jones, whether you agree with her or not, is simply doing her job and representing actual citizens in JCC!
Agree or disagree, that fact unto itself deserve respect! A-Hem!
rates'.
Didn't the county just sign a 10 year contract with Cox? What good is a
contract without such authority? What is the contract for - the right for Cox
to swindle every subscriber whenever it wants?
It has been over six weeks since Chairman Jones brought this topic up for open honest transparent discussion about the pros and cons, yet there is remarkable silence and only projection.
There have been dozens of clearly stated and well-researched factual opposition and only 1 op-ed vaguely supporting it…where are the vocalocals? I have not heard the simplest question answered yet? What are they hiding?…which part of the following is confusing or unclear?
Quoting Directly from http://ICLEI.org : About ICLEI - Founded in 1990
ICLEI was founded in 1990 as the 'International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives'. The Council was established…at the United Nations in New York”