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Download full textIowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1980
Spurred by sagging retail trade and the need for future planning, the Fort Madison (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce initiated a community survey to determine attitudes of residents towards various community characteristics. A 7-section questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 411 area households, of which 268 or 72.2% responded. Over 75% of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Community Organizations
Minnesota State Dept. of Public Service, St. Paul. Energy Div. – 1996
Franchise fees are a tax imposed on a private entity to compensate a municipality for use of a public property for private gain. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 grants municipalities the right to assess a 5% franchise fee to both cable companies and competitors of cable companies, such as operators of open video systems. The Minnesota State…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Franchising, Cable Television, Communications Satellites
