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[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list.  FYI

>Incumbent Dirty Tricks In Wilson, NC - Telecom push pollsters arrive 
>in the Carolinas..., dslreports
>We've discussed how regional incumbents are busy trying to crush 
>community developed broadband in Wilson, North Carolina -- where the 
>city has started offering consumers symmetrical fiber service up to 
>100Mbps. According to the city of Wilson blog, local incumbents are 
>busy "push polling," or polling local residents with skewed questions
> 
>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Incumbent-Dirty-Tricks-In-Wilson-NC-102206
>
>
>Obama to Name Mignon Clyburn as FCC Commissioner, CircleID
>Following his pick of Julius Genakowski as FCC chairman, President 
>Obama moves to fill an open Democrat seat on the five-person panel 
>with Mignon L. Clyburn, a member of the South Carolina Public 
>Service Commission since 1998 and the daughter of House Majority 
>Whip Rep. James Clyburn. If approved by Congress, Clyburn will fill the
>  http://www.circleid.com/posts/mignon_clyburn_as_fcc_commissioner/
>
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>Obama or AT&T -- The Choice for Commissioner-Designate Clyburn as 
>the Whitacre Era Ends, PK
>House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) may not have done his 
>daughter, Mignon, any favors by getting her appointed to the Federal 
>Communications Commission (FCC).
>  http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/UFxNc26jP48/2130