Really frustrating that this article focuses so much on the partisan attacks in the back half.
When I lead the (successful) effort to build a city wide FTTH network in Quincy, IL, our most fervent supporters were all Republicans. We got far more support from the IL GOP than the IL Democratic Party. (The former helped us, at the federal level, secure additional funding for the local telco coop that runs Adams County’s fiber lines.) Despite this, I wouldn’t promote our success as the story of one party beating another and it really diminishes the hard work of people from both sides of the political divide.
When I lead the (successful) effort to build a city wide FTTH network in Quincy, IL, our most fervent supporters were all Republicans. We got far more support from the IL GOP than the IL Democratic Party. (The former helped us, at the federal level, secure additional funding for the local telco coop that runs Adams County’s fiber lines.) Despite this, I wouldn’t promote our success as the story of one party beating another and it really diminishes the hard work of people from both sides of the political divide.