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3 <br />WHEREAS, House Bill 1587 is counter to the Local Development Act of 1925 as <br />established in NCGS §158 that allows local governments to aid and encourage <br />economic development in communities throughout North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina law has long permitted local governments to engage <br />in public enterprises and there is no justification for treating communications enterprises <br />any differently from other public enterprises; and <br />WHEREAS, historically it was government that funded much of the current <br />corporate telecommunications infrastructure in the United States and government paid <br />for and developed the Internet; and <br />WHEREAS, the re-combining of telecommunications companies (such as AT&T <br />and the "baby Bells") continues to result in planned layoffs and the inability to meet the <br />demands of new and re-locating businesses for true high-speed broadband; and <br />WHEREAS, there are telecommunications designers and equipment <br />manufacturers and suppliers located in North Carolina who will be negatively impacted if <br />local government is not allowed to provide needed communications services, meaning <br />that North Carolina will lose more jobs by not investing in top-quality broadband <br />infrastructure than it will lose due to government provision of such services; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS opposes the passage of House Bill 1587 and urges all <br />members of the North Carolina General Assembly to vote "NO" in Committee and if <br />necessary on the floor of the General Assembly. <br />This the 26th day of June 2007. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />