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Raoogs, Pm$cE, McLENDox, HaN:PxaEY & LEONA$D, L.L.P. <br />ATT08AEYs AT LAW <br />RAT 13J-J, NOHT.H CAROLINA <br />MAILING ADDRESS OFFICE ADDRESS <br />POST OFFICE BOX 1800 1600 WACHOVIA CAPITOL CENTER <br />RALEIGH NC 27602 150 FAYETTEVILLE STREET MALL <br />L.P. MCLENDON, JR. <br />ALLISON M. GRIMM <br />RALEIGH, N.C. 27601 <br />HENRY E. FRYE <br />EDGAR S. FISHER, JR. <br />ELIZABETH S. BREWINGTON <br />OFCOUNSEL <br />W. EDWIN FULLER, JR. <br />H. ARTHUR BOLICK 11 <br />JAMES T. WILLIAMS, JR. <br />J. EDWIN TURLINGTON <br />TELEPHONE (919) 8390300 <br />WADE HARGROVE <br />JOHN M. CROSS, JR. <br />FACSIMILE (919) 8390304 <br />J. LEE LLOYD <br />M, DANIELMcGINN <br />I <br />JENNIFER K VAN ZANT <br />SPECIAL COUNSEL <br />MICHAEL D. MEEKER <br />KATHLEEN M. THORNTON <br />WWW.BROOKSPIERCE.COM <br />-- <br />WILLIAM G. MCNAIRY <br />DAVID W. SAR <br />FOUNDED 1897 <br />EDWARD C. WINSLOW III <br />BRIAN J. MCMILLAN <br />HOWARD L WILLIAMS <br />NATALIE KAY SANDERS <br />GEORGE W. HOUSE <br />DAVID KUSHNER <br />EYLDEROO <br />AUBREY L BROOKS (1672 -1956) <br />WILLIAM P.H. CARY <br />DEREK J. ALLEN <br />W.H. OL RNE S (1904-1965) <br />REID L PHILLIPS <br />ELIZABETH V. LAFOLLETTE <br />L.P. E (18961966) <br />890 -1 68) <br />ROBERT A. SINGER <br />GINGER S. SHIELDS <br />KENNETH M. BRIM <br />IM <br />JOHN H. SMALL <br />COE W. RAMSEY <br />C.T. LEONARD, (1929 -1983) <br />RANDALL A. UNDERWOOD <br />ROBERT W. SAUNDERS <br />CLAVDE C. PIERCE 091}I98B) <br />S. LEIGH RODENBOUGH IV <br />JENNIFER T. HARROD <br />THORNTON H. BROOKS (1912 -1966) <br />MARK.. <br />CHARLES COBLE <br />G. NEIL DANIELS (1911 -1997) <br />LSO <br />JILL R. WILSON <br />JOHN M. DE ANGELIS <br />HUBE RT HUMPHREY (1928.2003) <br />MARC 0. BISHOP <br />CLINTON R. PINYAN <br />- <br />JIM W. PHILLIPS, JR. <br />KATHRYN V. PURDOM <br />GREENSBORO OFFICE <br />MACKSPERLING <br />STEPHEN G. HARTZELL•JORDAN <br />2000 RENAISSANCE PLAZA <br />JEFFREY E. OLEYNIK <br />JESSICA M. MARLIE5 <br />/� <br />August 29 2003 <br />230 NORTH ELM STREET <br />MARK DAVIDSON <br />TERESA DELOATCH BRYAN? <br />, <br />GREENSBORO, N.C. 27401 <br />JOHN W. ORMAND III <br />ELIZABETH TAYLOR MEHAFFEY <br />ROBERT J. KING 111 <br />ANDREW J. HAILE <br />V. RANDALLTINSLEY <br />CHARLES F. MARSHALL III <br />WASHINGTON OFFICE <br />S. KYLE WOOSLEY <br />J. BENJAMIN DAVIS <br />601 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. <br />FRST W. CAMPBEL L JR. <br />CAROLINE R. <br />SUITE 900. SOUTH BUILDING <br />SS <br />MARCUS W. TRATHEN <br />KATHERINE A. MURPHY <br />MU <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 <br />JEAN C. BROOKS <br />SARA R. VIZJTHUM <br />--- <br />JAMES C. ADAMS II <br />C. SCOTT MEYERS <br />WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL <br />919.839.0108 <br />mprak@brookSplerDe.COM <br />Ms. Gwen Harvey <br />Assistant County Manager <br />Orange County Manager's Office <br />P.O. Box 8481 <br />200 S. Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Ms. Harvey: <br />This letter responds to your e-mail of August 27, 2003 to Brad Phillips. <br />As you know, this firm is counsel to Time Warner Cable. <br />We are disappointed in your letter and in the course of unilateral action that you have, <br />apparently, elected to pursue. <br />As you know, the Orange County cable television franchises expired in 1996. Time <br />Warner gave notice to the County in 1993, as required by federal law, requesting that the County <br />initiate the formal renewal process called for by the Communications Act. See, 47 U.S.C. <br />Section 546, <br />For its own reasons, the County elected to pursue franchise renewal discussions through <br />the informal negotiation process. That process has been ongoing now for some ten years. This <br />process has, in my judgment, yet to move to a conclusion because the County and its consultants <br />seem to think that Time Warner can be forced to provide services on a non - economic basis and <br />for which an ascertained need has not been demonstrated. It now appears that rather than <br />