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1/1T/84 Page -14- the reception at his home was very poor. The last thing - the package discounts, he wou7_d like to see that in writing. He wished verification of this from Councilwoman Morris. She advised when the person came door to door she specifically asked him about the packages and he said that that was something that they had added. He stated they felt this would be in the best interest of everyone; but wou7_d be just on the basic package. This couT_d not be done with the Rainbow Gold or Rainbow Plus packages. Rate Increases Councilman Cussen reiterated that he was sti7Ll not pleased and would like to hear othE~r council comments regarding this. But the bottom line for him was that he still fell= there were still some areas where his interpretation is that maybe the agreement has been violated and therefore would want the City Attorney pursue this or have them givE, us additional response in writing. Stared that we are just assuming that they had rate increases passed on to them. We askf~d, at the public hearing, that they show evidence - open the books - that the increases have been passed on to them. Yet we ;sit back and absorb these. Felt that the agreement stated we have that right therefore we ;should insist upon verification that they have had rate increases passed on to them and as a result they are passing them on to their subscribers. Councilman Luce Cor~unented - he was not certain what we would gain by continuing to pursue our sense of being disgruntled. Shared Councilman Cussen's sense of frustration however in anyeffort to sort of resolve those, was not sure that that engergy would gain us a whole lot. It seemed to him that this council might better spend some of its time pursuing some policy questions related to Cable TV that haven't been addressed, such as how the public access channel is going to be used, etc. While none of us may be happy with the fact that rates have gone up, he at least was not able to determine that council can really effect that. Perhaps council might place their energies into an area that they maybe able to effect.