tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870152115683426710.post3223727427310502331..comments2024-03-25T11:56:19.938-04:00Comments on Goochland on my mind: First do no harmS. E. Warwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617370499414107804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870152115683426710.post-27426157300030367582017-01-31T12:35:00.400-05:002017-01-31T12:35:00.400-05:00Dear Anonymous - contact me. Sandy can put you in ...Dear Anonymous - contact me. Sandy can put you in touch with me. I sell business class broadband satellite, not the residential HughesNet or Exede stuff. VSAT can be reliable - but it does cost more. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115358933565444308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870152115683426710.post-73654241348792135802017-01-19T14:39:58.623-05:002017-01-19T14:39:58.623-05:00Thank you so much for posting this. I will be writ...Thank you so much for posting this. I will be writing to the representatives as well. Similar to the couple referenced, I work from home and am unable to get Comcast or Verzion high speed internet. Only options are satellite internet (which was notoriously unreliable) or cell data which we use, but it is expensive. Our children aren't in school yet, but I am concerned about the options for when all children of the county are required to use internet for projects. Not that it matters, we live in Randolph's school district. It is not about entertainment, but access to the growing necessity of internet for all in our county. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870152115683426710.post-45560505309612045102017-01-18T17:26:42.206-05:002017-01-18T17:26:42.206-05:00"However, during a candidate forum in Goochla..."However, during a candidate forum in Goochland a few days before the special election that put him into office on January 10, Peake displayed astonishing ignorance of the value of broadband for economic development and in education when he said that “the state should not pay for people’s entertainment.” <br /><br />So true! <br /><br />If more people had attended, he might not have been elected. He also said that he really didn't care what his constituents wanted, and that he was going to vote his own values - i.e. impose his belief system on the rest of us. <br /><br />The real Republican was Hines - or would have been before the Tea Party took over the Republican Party. What we get from the party now is politicians who intend to use government to impose their personal beliefs, while at the same time publicly advocating for less government control. <br /><br />Peake strikes me as another in a line of politicians who seek to rule rather than represent, and for whatever reason, citizens apparently want to be ruled. <br /><br /> Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115358933565444308noreply@blogger.com