ptownson@vector.UUCP (11/04/88)
Next Tuesday, many of you will go to the polls in your community to vote for
your choice of the presidential candidates. Now it would open a can of worms
to get into *that* discussion here, and besides, this is not talk.politics.
misc, so no editorial comment from me about the various (de)merits of Mssrs.
Bush and Dukakis.
What I will suggest, however, is that you take a few minutes over the weekend
and review your various local candidates for office and your congessional
leaders to detirmine where they stand on issues of importance to the telecom
industry. What do they think/know/want to do about matters of concern to BBS
sysops, for example. What has been their attitude toward your local telco in
the past? Has it been a cozy relationship, or an adversarial one? Would they
sponsor or participate in legislation regulating COCOTs and AOS outfits?
How do they feel about 'dial-porn' and the various 900 services?
Your vote by no means should be based strictly on the above, but when there
are two or more equally competent people for the same job, why not select
the one who has at least a basic knowledge of this industry and a desire to
be fair when establishing regulations and guidelines?
And if you registered to vote, please do so.
Patrick Townson
Moderator, Telecom Digest