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. . . City Managers and Administrators April 9, 1992 Page 2. I am asking the city councils to approve the resolution and to send copies to all of Minnesota's Congres- sional Representatives. Please send a copy to me as well. )/11 Time is of the essence. Although I do not expect anything to move before the Easter recess, the legislative logjam on this issue may begin to open up after Congress returns. As a result, if they are going to take action, they will proba- / bly do so in May. 3. At the March meeting of the Corporation Board of Directors, we reviewed two programs which had been sub- mittted to us for cablecast. The programs were submitted, and allegedly produced, by a Roseville resident on behalf of an organization called "Taxpayers for a Responsible Govern- ment." The two programs we previewed for the Board are racist and anti-semitic. Public access channels are considered to be public forums, which means we can not censor programs or choose not to cablecast them based on their content. We . did, however, run a disclaimer before and after the program and invite counter programming. The first program was cablecast on March 23 at 11:00 p.m. and the second on March 30 at the same time. So far, we have not received any response, pro or con, on the programs. A third program has been submitted for scheduling. We have already been in contact with the Human Relations Commission in New Brighton and the Human Rights Commission in Roseville. I, or a member of my staff, will be calling the other cities to find out if you have similar organizations. First, we want to make these Commis- sions aware of the programs; and, second, we want to see if they have any interest in developing some counter program- ming, either individually or collectively. .