From Motivational Quotes of the Day:

“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.” - Anatole France

Ummm, is this for real? You mean to tell me not only are our state legislators trying to regulate municipal WiFi, but they’re also creating legislation that will only go into effect if a federal law is overturned?

Don’t they have anything better to do? I might have to email my representatives again…

I haven’t brought it up in a while, but for BFD readers who don’t know Civic Strategies “is a strategic planning firm that structures public policy solutions for cities and regions.” Every month Otis White sends out a newsletter. When he mentions Cleveland, more often then not the stories paint a dim picture of our city. Like this one regarding Plain Dealer reporters visiting Cleveland schools.

Hello? People around the country receive this newsletter. Doesn’t anyone monitor this stuff besides me? Isn’t there a PR person for the school district? Or is that why MaryBeth Matthews blogs? I think we need some better “media relations” then press releases about basketball scholarships. Not that those aren’t important, but I think we’ve got some serious perception issues here…

John Ettorre let me know that BFD is listed with his blog by Northern Ohio Live Magazine.

So “Pour yourself a satisfying cup of Blog”. Thanks, NOL.

“Cello-rock ensemble”.

Enough said.

A query regarding Ohio House Bill 591 got me thinking about municipal wireless again and looking around the web. Here’s a link to the latest info from MuniWireless.com:

Ohio â?? HB 591 (Now lapsed, and not yet introduced new session, but still under discussion)

HB 591 would extend to municipal providers of telecommunications service, as defined in federal law, various requirements previously in effect for municipal providers of cable service. In addition, the bill would add a highly vague prohibition on cross-subsidization.

You might want to drop your state representatives a note. You can find their email addresses here.

From my friend Niko Angelis, a link to very funny flash film that if you’re at work (why are you reading BFD at work?! get back to work!) or around the family (get off the computer and spend time with your family!), you’d better put yer headphones on. I’m seriously LMAO.

Not a Masters of Business Administration, but a Media Bloggers Association. From Wendy Hoke:

Hey George,
A freelancer friend of mine in Nashville sent me a link to this blogger
conference taking place in May.

http://blognashville.org/

It’s sponsored by Media Bloggers Association. Ever heard of them? Check this
out:

http://mediabloggers.org/about/

Thought BFD readers would be interested, given the never-ending
blogger/journalist debate.

Cheers,
Wendy