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Baoogs, PIECE, McLENDON, gUMPHaEy & LEONAaD, L.L.P. <br />ATTOEI~'EYS AT I,AW <br />R ALEIGZL, N08T8 CiA.BpLII~TA <br />MAILING ADDRESS OFFICE ADDRESS <br />POST OFFICE BOX 1800 1600 WACHOVIA CAPITOL CENTER <br />L.P. McLENDON, JR. ALLISON M. GRIMM - RALEIGH, N.C. 27602 150 FAYETTEVILLE ST <br />DGAR B. FISHER, JR. ELIZABETH 5. BREWINGTON <br />W. EDWIN FULLER. JR. H. ARTHUR BOLICK II ' <br />JAMES T. WILLIAMS, JR. J. EDWIN TURLINGTON <br />WADE H. HARGROYE JOHN M. CROSS <br />JR <br /> <br />M. DANIELMcGINN , <br />. <br />JENNIFER K VAN Zl.NT <br />MICHAEL D. MEEKER KATHLEEN M. THORNTON <br />WILLL4M G. MCNAIRY DAVID W. SAR <br />EDWARD C. WINSLOW III BRIAN J. McMILL4N <br />HOWARD L WILLIAMS NATALIE KAY SANDERS <br />GEORGE W. HOUSE DAVID KUSHNER - <br />WILLIAM P.H. CARP DEREK J. ALLEN <br />REID L PHILLIPS ELIZABETH V. LnFOLLETTE <br />ROBERT A SINGER GINGER 5. SHIELDS <br />JOHN H. SMALL COE W. RAMSEY <br />RANDALL A UNDERWOOD ROBERT W. SAUNDERS <br />5. LEIGH RODENBOUGH N JENNIFER T. HARROD <br />MARK J. PRgK CHARLES E COBLE <br />JILL R. WILSON JOHN M. DrANGELiS <br />MARL D. BISHOP CLINTON R. PINYAN <br />JIM W. PHIWPS,JR. KATHRYN V. PURDOM <br />MACK SPERLING STEPHEN G, HARTZELL•JORDAN <br />JEFFREY E OLEYNIK JESSICA M. MARLIES <br />MARK DAVIDSON TERESA DELOATCH BRYANT <br />JOHN W. ORMAND 111 ELIZABETH TAYLOR M6HAFFEY <br />ROBERT J. KING III ANDREW J. HAILS <br />V. RANDALL TINSLEY CHARLES F. MARSHALL III <br />S. KYLE WOOSLEY J. BENJAMIN DAVIS <br />FORREST W. CAMPBELL JR. CAROLINE R. NEIL <br />MARCUS W. TRATHEN KATHERINE A MURPHY <br />JEAN C. BROOKS SARA R. VIZITHUM <br />JAMES C. ADAMS 11 E <br />C. BCOTT MEYERS <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 />REST MALL <br />RALEIGH, N.C. 27601 <br />- HENRY E FRYE <br />' <br />TELEPHONE (919) 8390300 OF COUNSEL <br /> <br />FACSIMILE (919) 8390304 _ <br />J. LEE LLOYD <br /> SPECIAL COUNSEL <br />WWW.BROOKSPIERCE.COM <br /> FOUNDED 1697 <br /> AUBREYL BROOKS (1872-1958) <br /> W.H. HOLDERNESS (19041965) <br /> L.P. McLENDON (1890-1968) <br /> KENNETH M. BRIM (1896.1974) <br /> C.T. LEONARD,JR. (1929-1983) <br /> CLAUDE C.-PIERCE (191 }Iggg) <br /> THORNTON H. BROOKS (1912-1968) <br /> G. NEIL DANIELS (1911-1997) <br /> HUBERT HUMPHREY (Ig2B-2003) <br /> GREENSBORO OFFICE <br />Au(~,~st 29 2003 2000 RENAISSANCE PLlT.4 <br />b" f 230 NORTH ELM STREET <br /> GREENSBORO, N.C. 27401 <br /> WASHINGTON OFFICE <br /> 601 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. <br /> SUITE 900,-SOUTH BUILDING <br /> WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 <br /> WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL <br /> 919.839.0108 <br /> mprak@brooksplerDe.com <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, r _. <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 anon-economic basis and <br />for which an .ascertained need has not been demonstrated. It now appears that rather than <br />