Publicly Funded Elections, Public Airwaves

A couple of issues that have come up today include public funding of elections and the public airwaves in regards to the internet.

There are some bills currently in congress associated with the public funding of elections. To find out more and what you can do to help reduce the influence of big money special interests on our political process go to: http://washclean.org/BillInCongress.htm.

The FCC is in the process of deciding how to parcel out chunks of the public airwaves for use with wireless internet. The fear is that large corporations who have invested in physical transmission lines will purchase the airwaves at auction and not allow them to be used. To find out more and how you can help go to: http://civic.moveon.org/airwaves/fccletter.html?id=10525-6717564-ZAvLXW&t=2.