Thursday, March 23rd, 2006...10:35 pm
Say It Ain’t So, Tom…
I’m hearing now that there is a group of three consultants that are lobbying for Cox Cable in an attempt to deregulate them, allowing them to do things such as get rid of public access channels. Two of the consultants are Larry Hecker and Dan Eckstrom. Both are Democrats but have always had a pro-business bent and do this sort of thing for a living.
The third, the third is the big suprise. The third is former Tucson Mayor Tom Volgy.
Tom Volgy? Why? Volgy was the one who forced Cox to have the public access channels in the first place. Volgy has always regarded himself as a small “d” democrat who saw things like public access, campaign finance reform and neighborhood associations as necessary to maintain civic life. Why the heck would he go against his own excellent record on behalf of an out of state corporation that reported $6.4 Billion in revenues last year?
Please, someone tell me that this isn’t true.
I wouldn’t even say anything about it, but had another elected official or former elected official did something like this, Volgy would have been the first one to call them on it. Rightly so.
4 Comments
March 24th, 2006 at 12:04 am
“I’m hearing” isn’t much of a source, Ted. I know that sometimes sources prefer to remain on background, but this is a fairly damaging accusation in some circles (mine included) to accept it without any verification.
Show me somethin’, brother.
March 24th, 2006 at 12:08 am
I think this must be the source. I’m frankly not sure whether I believe Tom disclaimers or not. In either case, it might be a remunerative gig, but it might ending up costing Tom some credibility.
http://www.azstarnet.com/altsn/snredesign/relatedarticles/118209
March 24th, 2006 at 1:52 am
Michael–I couldn’t get the link to go to an article. Could you put down the link again?
March 24th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Good Catch Tedski.
Folks can Google “Volgy” and “Cox” for the full article.
“Cox hired former Pima County Supervisor Dan Eckstrom and former Tucson Mayor Tom Volgy to help with its strategy.”
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