Tuesday, May 31, 2005

sine die

The 79thTexas Legislative session is over. The NETWI network in Atlanta and Queen City was happy to do our part in ensuring that HB789 as proposed by the Texas House of Representatives was NOT passed into Law.

Thanks in part our supporters efforts, Texas cities will remain free to deploy wireless networks, which reach Texans who are outside the infrastructure of the phone companies broadband network.

We would like to thank our supporters who wrote numerous letters, sent faxes, and made phone calls to our elected officials. NETWI would also like to thank Rep. Steven Frost, Sen. Kevin Eltife and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst for thier courage and leadership. The Austin American-Statesman is reporting that the failure of the measure is a rare defeat for one of the most powerful lobby forces in the Legislature.

Legislative Update:
The tide is turning!
Recently Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois joined Texas in defeating Anti-Municipal Wireless Legislation as reported by FreePress.net

Special Session Alert!

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