I got my hands on a press release concerning a disturbing vote that occurred last night at Scranton City Council.  Turns out that Council voted to amend the contract with Comcast and defund ECTV.  Here’s the release (forgive the formatting):

Electric City Television has been
serving Scranton in good faith without
funding from Comcast for over a year.
On July 20 Scranton City Council
voted to amend the Comcast franchise
agreement to NOT provide the necessary
funding for the operation of the PEG channel
and thus not honor the agreement made
between ECTV & the City of Scranton.
DON’T LET SCRANTON CITY COUNCIL
PULL THE PLUG ON YOUR
PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL
If you approve of the job that ECTV has been doing
over the past two years please call or email the
members of City Council and voice your opinion.
(570) 348-4113
Thank you.
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