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Re:After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with... by breatheoften on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:16PM (#16065800)
I wonder if they get to claim a tax deduction for “donating” air time in this manner ...?
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Re:After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with... by jandrese on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:41PM (#16066066)
They would be donating it to themselves, so I hope not. One could maybe imagine a situation where they setup a super pac and have that organization spend the money on political advertising, but that seems so easy of a dodge that the IRS must have a way to detect it.
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