Please call Legislators today help Community Media centers like WCCA TV get the much needed funding they need. Share this with members and friends.
Legislators:
Mike Moore <michael.o.moore@state.ma.us>
john.mahoney@mahouse.gov <john.mahoney@mahouse.gov>
James.ODay@mahouse.com <James.ODay@mahouse.com>
harriette.chandler@masenate.gov
We are asking all our Legislators to please support, co-sign, resolve to see these bills are passed. To Support WCCA TV “The People’s Channel” and our Education and Government channels in Worcester. Thank you. Also please ask State Senators to support SD 1749 and SD 834
Bill SD.1749 Read it here: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/SD1749
Bill SD.834 Read it here: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/SD834
Bill HD.1440 Read it here: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/HD1440
An Act relative to a streaming entertainment operator’s use of public rights of way has been introduced in the 2021 Massachusetts legislative session by Senator Jason Lewis and Representatives Joan Meschino and Paul Tucker. We join our many WCCA TV community members and supporters, along with MassAccess, encouraging all Massachusetts state legislators and ask them to cosign on the bill.
Streaming video providers continue to profit from subscriptions Massachusetts but don’t pay for the use of the public rights of way like cable providers do. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts , its municipalities and the community media centers that serve them can all benefit form asking streaming entertainment providers to pay for their use of public property.
Community Media stations, such as WCCA TV, are providing more vital services to Massachusetts residents than ever before and are doing so on increasingly lower budgets. The time is right to update Massachusetts laws to ensure that these services can continue well into the future.
Your help in this matter will not go unnoticed by the thousands who view participate and utilize WCCA TV’s Community Channels. Please vote your support as a co-signer on these Bills HD.1440 and SD.834 and SD. 1749
I am available to discuss this important matter with you at your convenience.
Thank you
Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director, WCCA TV “The People’s Channel”, Worcester MA