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<br />BYI Ann Baker
<br />Staff Writer
<br />In December, sexually explicit movies becarl
<br />available over, cable television, in the northern subu,r
<br />and Burnsville and, Eagain., In, April, the trend %
<br />spread through W'ashin,gtoIn County. And local, regut
<br />tort' collinwisi I ons are finding they have little authoi
<br />ty to stop it.
<br />Last, week,, two coinnuissions passed resolutions a',;,.,
<br />In.giptheir local cable companies, to halt, the movies', b,;",
<br />no Imes or, franchise restrictions, were threatened.
<br />"It pr yes, a personal, objection," Roseville, C1
<br />Council member Robert Matson said of the res,olut,io
<br />he 'introduced, as g Cable TV North Central to tl
<br />movie, its pay-per-view `'soft erotica" movies., T1
<br />company serves 36, s�uburbs in Anoka,, Ra- a
<br />Washington counti,es, as well as Burnsville IL Eag"4,11,
<br />in Dakota County.
<br />Maltson added that he realized his resollutR:
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<br />"doesn't havIe any teeth, in It it won't stop, the coti
<br />pony."
<br />The request was a, carefully drawn position by t!
<br />10-1clity North, Suburban commission, reflecting t°
<br />thin liline cable comn-Assions throughout the St. Pla
<br />area, l are trying to walk as they grapple with the into
<br />duction. of movies, that critics call pornography., i
<br />A, sn"Mil resolution was adopted 4-13 by the Soup
<br />Washington County Cable Commission again it, tJ,
<br />Tuxedo Network, which Coaxial Cable Communlic,
<br />tions Col. plans to start offering April, 15 urn most i
<br />Washington County,
<br />That resolution also stops short of imposing aj
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<br />,peg ,alities. So does a letter the Ramsey-W ash migb':
<br />Cable Commission sent last, month to Cable TV for
<br />Central, which serves White Bear Lake, Mapleww,
<br />and Oakdale areas.,
<br />No I adult movies" have beery announced by V.
<br />cable companies that serve Sit. Paul and most of Dak��,
<br />to County, although the movies are shown in NEnnela
<br />of and suburban Hennepin County.,
<br />Cable TV North Clentral, officials maintain, that t11-1
<br />movies are popular, more so, than any of the individl
<br />al movies and sports programs that subscribers pqc,,l
<br />$4.915 apiece to see.,
<br />In January, vIiewers in the 10, north suburban, ciffit"
<br />watched, 5,,000 pay-per-view programs thaki illudc',!
<br />the Allunrated, adult movies"' on Channel 34. It, idarci,
<br />they watched 2,600. Company officials, said soin,,,,,
<br />ewers hate complained that the movies aren't ell
<br />pliclit enough,
<br />In'Washlington, County, Coaxial Cable's Tuxedo, n,e
<br />work will cost, viewers , a $10 installation fee ph;
<br />$110-95 a month with no limit on the number of movi(:�
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