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General Information
- The website of the Baller Herbst Law Firm in Washington, D.C. has numerous links to documents that support the concept of municipal communications utilities. (view website)
- Article in “Applied Economic Studies” disputes claims that municipal communications utilities crowd out private investment (view pdf)
- Story on KCRG TV in Cedar Rapids (view website)
Muscatine (MPW) Resources
- Resources MPW Letter to the Editor of the Des Moines Register responding to charges by the Heartland Institute.
(view pdf)
- Article about Muscatine Power and Water’s communications utility from a FORE Systems flyer.
(view pdf)
- Article about MPW in the UTC Journal.
(view pdf)
- Article about MPW from the Public Power Weekly
(view pdf)
Cedar Falls (CFU) Resources
- CFU Letter to the Editor of the Des Moines Register responding to charges by the Heartland Institute.
(view pdf)
Spencer (SMU) Resources
- SMU Letter to the Editor of the Des Moines Register responding to charges by the Heartland Institute.
(view pdf)
- Spencer presentation to the Mid-Iowa Community Development Conference in 2000.
(view pdf)
Letters to the Editor
The following are testimonial letters written to the Iowa Legislature in 2005 to discourage passage of anti-municipal legislation:
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"When private industry does not answer the call because of market failures or other obstacles, it is appropriate and even commendable, for the people acting through their local governments to improve their lives by investing in their own future."
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