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182 million reasons to pull the plug on KentuckyWired boondoggle

Telecom ReformJim WatersMarch 9, 2018Bonding indebtedness, House budget bill, KentuckyWired Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Fearmongering fails with free-market reforms

Regulation, Telecom ReformJim WatersFebruary 10, 2017Betsy DeVos, Bluegrass Beacon, Senate Bill 10Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Virus of secrecy infects KentuckyWired program

Reduce Government Spen..., Transparency and Accou..., Telecom ReformJim WatersOctober 9, 2015Bluegrass Beacon, Brian Mefford, Chattanooga, Connected Nation Exchange, Finance Cabinet, Gov- Steve Beshear, Government owned broadband, Kentucky Wired, Macquarie Capital, Tenn- GON projectComment

On the air tonight: It's another 'Bluegrass Monday' with Mandy Connell on 840 WHAS

Telecom ReformJim WatersSeptember 14, 2015Bluegrass Mondays on 840 WHAS, GON, Taxpayers Protection AllianceComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Will SOAR broadband bring our privacy crashing down?

Telecom ReformJim WatersAugust 1, 2015Broadband privacy, House Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee, KentuckyWired, Macquarie Capital, Rural broadband access, Shaping our Appalachian Region initiative Comment

LTE: Broadband building best left to private companies

Regulation, Smaller Government, Telecom ReformJim WatersMarch 31, 2015Elaina Waters, GON, Lexington Herald-Leader, LTEComment

Broadband by bureaucrats: High costs of high-speed failure

Reduce Government Spen..., Regulation, Smaller Government, Taxes, Telecom ReformJim WatersMarch 31, 2015FCC, GON, LFUCG, UTOPIAComment

Kentucky House of Representatives finally -- and overwhelmingly -- answers call to reform telecom regulatory policy

Telecom ReformJim WatersFebruary 24, 2015Antiquated telecom regulations, Gov- Beshear, House Bill 152, Kentucky seniors, Telecom reformComment

Bluegrass Beacon -- Broadening broadband: Less government, more access; better government, more usage

Media, Telecom ReformJim WatersAugust 17, 2014Agenda for Action, Bluegrass Beacon, Broadband freedom, Clinton Administration, Larry Irving, SB 99, Silicon HollerComment

Consequences of failing to pass telecom reform during the '14 session already showing

Telecom ReformJim WatersApril 28, 20142014 General Assembly, AT&T, Rep- Larry Clark, Senate Bill 99Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Phone rings for market-driven telecom reforms

Telecom ReformJim WatersApril 7, 2014AT&T, Hood Harris, Kentucky Resources Council, Rep- Wilson Stone, Senate Bill 99, Tom FitzgeraldComment

Bluegrass Beacon: What doth it profit a telecom company to invest in Kentucky?

Telecom ReformJim WatersMarch 1, 2014Antiquated telecom regulations, AT&T, Profit Comment

The truth about telecom reform: It's not what the fear mongers say

Telecom ReformJim WatersFebruary 24, 2014Basic service, Neighboring statesComment