Red Bank TV: Faking The Count

Not that we needed another reminder of what lengths Verizon will go to in order to get these cable franchises but lo an behold our Mayor McKenna was recently on National Public Radio’s Marketplace talking again about how Verizon faked faxes to his office to try to show support for Verizon’s application.

Here is our Mayor’s quotes from the piece:

Edward McKenna is the mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey.

In a normal week, he receives about 10 faxes from constituents. In three days last November, McKenna says he got more than 200.

EDWARD McKENNA: "Those faxes all purported to come from people who said they were Red Bank residents. In fact, each fax started out by saying, "I am a Red Bank resident and I vote."

These so-called residents all wrote in support of new legislation to increase competition in the cable industry. McKenna noticed the faxes had names, but no signatures.

EDWARD McKENNA: "When I called them, a number of them said they had not authored any such letter. Nor did they authorize anyone to send it on their behalf."

He says the traced the fax number back to an organization funded by the telephone giant Verizon.

Dawn Holian with Common Cause has studied these front groups, also known as "astroturf."

You can read or listen to the entire story by clicking here: Marketplace

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Westside, Where Dr. Parkers Avenue end! I see plenty over there! Eastside! I can't get the front of my house plowed because of all the landscaping trucks. I don't see that on that the east side and tickets should be handed out when placed on this side of town! You know what! I don't see any of your "Meda Maids" on this side of town!! IS THERE A PROBLEM?

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