Meanwhile, the federal government has reacted to social media giant Twitter, deleted the president's tweet referencing the civil war and threatened the southeastern agitators. Reacting to the development of the Ministry of Information and Culture, Lam Muhammad accused Twitter of double standards, stating that while the social media side has conveniently ignored inciting tweets by indigenous people of Biafra, Ipob leader Namdikanu and his cohort, displaying the same bias as it did during the end-stars protest in the right when public and private property were being looted and set on fire. It finds Muheri's tweet offensive. Twitter may have its own rules, but it's not a universal rule. If Mr. President, anywhere in the world, feels very bad and concerned of a situation, he is free to express such views. Now, we should stop comparing opposite oranges. If an organization is proscribed, it is different from any other organization which is not proscribed.  I'm not saying that Mr. President does not have the right to express dismay and anger about that. We are the one guilty of double standards. I do say anywhere in the world, we are an organization, a person who stays somewhere outside Nigeria and we direct these members to attack the symbols of authority, the police, the military, especially when that organization has been proscribed.  Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Welcome to Toffy TV, it is my three talking points from Manchester City 5, Everton nil. Everton given a pace them really at the Etihad today, it was a celebration for Manchester City fans back in the stadium parade in the league title saying goodbye to Sergio Aguero, it was a party atmosphere and Everton did what you'd expect nice guests to do, come and take part in the party. Probably a little bit too friendly from Everton's perspective but they were hammered in the end and there's no excuses certainly from me in terms of trying to deny Manchester City with that much better because they were comfortably hammered us and gave us a lot of food for thought over the summer. Let's get into it first thing I will talk about is the attitude of the Everton players today which I thought was poor if I'm being honest. We've seen it a few times this season just an attitude of a lazy fair attitude it doesn't really matter. We've seen it in home games a lot, we haven't really seen it away from home. I accept we were playing the best team on the planet, we were playing a team that was waltz to the league, we were playing a team in my belief we will win the Champions League. But you have to go and match their endeavour, their work right, yes they've got better players that's football that's the way it is. But they've lost four home games as well this season, they lost to Leeds the other week, Leeds only had ten men and I know for anyone shouting at the screen we're not Leeds, I get it we don't have players that run the way Leeds do but at least compete with them, at least stick to the plan, at least get in the face and make it a little bit difficult for them and we didn't do that. We started the game okay the opening ten minutes, we'd had a couple of attempts at goal, we had a nice shape about us, but the minute we give the goal away and it was too easy for them the first goal the minute the branch goes for the first goal that's it. Everything's out, it's like the plan is ripped up out the window and we'll do our own thing. Michael Keane running into three players, I don't know what he thought he was doing, running into three men on the half rail and falling over and then they break on us and it's 2-0, 14 minutes gone 2-0. Ridiculous and after that we just got worse, okay we could have got back into it with a penalty, Sigurds and Mrs De Pen, yes Man City could have gone down to ten men, but the second half was atrocious and we've ended the season given a chasing and we could have been given a chasing putting everything into it but that's a different thing then, that's just because you're beaten by a better team and if this was the only time we'd done that this season you'd go fair enough and I'm not talking about defeat because that's by far and above our most comfortable defeat, I think the biggest margin we've lost by this season was two goals so quite clearly we haven't done that this season and it just happened to be today but I just thought we just weren't at it at all and that's really disappointing. The manager, listen people will blame the manager, he deserves some criticism, there's no question about it but the players as well come on, some of these players have done this to four or five managers, not good enough, it really isn't good enough and it's something we've got to get rid of. The second half, the champions, they've got a Champions League final in six days, the game was over and yet the last half of an hour or three in the update are flying round the pitch making sure we don't have any space, blocking us off and battling for it with each other to keep a clean sheet and it's exactly what they've done and that's the levels that you're looking at, you're trying to aspire to be like them, well that's how hard you have to work every game, to be like the best you've got to do what the best do and it might not be, we can pass the ball away the way they can but we've got as good quality as them but the limit, the minimum should be your work as hard as what they do and I don't think Evan did that today. The second thing, I'm going to talk about Job and Pickford, I spoke with Adam the other day and I'm going to talk with Adam again today because again he was brilliant today, he's left five goals in and not one of them are his fault and in fact if it wasn't for him you possibly could be talking about double figures because he's made three really good saves in the second half, he made one in the first half, he come out not at the angle a couple of times and I thought he was very good and he's come back. Obviously he's talked about seeing the sport psychologist and it's helped him and I thought he was excellent today and he goes off now into the Euros in good form and that's good for him personally and for England and hopefully that'll rebound back for next season and he can start next season the way he's finished this one for Everton which is nice and calm, nice and confident and if he does that then we will have a better season but I just thought for me he was comfortably evidence man of the match today and you want other players to respond in that same way, you want players to go away now and take a good look at themselves and look at how they can make those fine margins up, how they can do those small wins and really improve because all of our players need to improve, there's no question about that, some of them need to go, there's no question about that either but other ones who are just teetering on, you know are they going to make it at Everton or aren't they, they really need to put the graft in and work hard and come back hungrier and stronger with a better attitude for next season because we have to do it as simple as that and that leads me into the third and final thing for the final time on the three token points this season is Everton summer recruitment because I've said it before and with every week it's just like an even bigger siren goes off or an even bigger megaphone you look at that squad today, you look at that team that took the pitch today and you look what's sitting next to the manager on the side there was nothing to change the game with there, nothing, I'm glad he put a kungku on and the lad had a run around and tried to take the game when I had an awobi a couple of moments in the game but the rest of it didn't get on the ball, at least a kungku has got the physical attributes he played a couple of passes that I don't know what he saw, nobody else saw it but he's a young lad making his way in the game and he either didn't pick for the either probably the brightest moment today but when we're looking forward into our summer recruitment it has to be people in that mould, it has to be young, hungry, athletic, mobile players Manchester City, not only do they have the best players, they have the hardest working players, they have the most mobile players that is why they are the best, it's why they've been the champions for years in the last five or whatever it is, or three in the last five or whatever because they are brilliant and they work so hard and Everton have got to try to imitate that and it won't be to that level because we don't have the money of that type of player or maybe even the coach to do that but we can get closer to them by mirroring what they do, the summer recruitment it's impossible to get it wrong as far as I'm concerned, it's impossible to get it wrong fast, mobile, hungry, young players with a 20 to 26 whatever and that is who we've got to be going after we need a right back, we need a right winger left or right footer who's quick and can get goals, we need another midfield player who can get around the pitch and offer us that other bit of physique but can take the ball as well, we need another centre forward and to be honest looking at our defence without Gary Mina possibly we need another centre back as well and that's just for starters and then a goalkeeper if Olsen doesn't stay so I've been saying three to four players, we probably need more like half a dozen, again, again just to give us the chance and then you hope that Ong Yango comes through and Small comes through and maybe Rish Welsh, maybe Isaac Price not sure about that one yet but maybe those kind of players come into the squad and padder out because at the minute the manager had no options on the bench today but on our first 11 players that just aren't good enough, they're not quick enough Allen's a really good player but you've got to have as well as the corey, someone else you can do the running forum Tom Davis is a good person to come in if Allen isn't available to do that role but him and Allen in that midfield means that there's too much emphasis on the corey to get around the pitch we've got to solve that, we've got nothing when we break out wide, nothing I think Alfie's done a good job of filling in but he's more of a centre back, isn't he rather than a creative right back so there are the things we've got to get right right now and everything needs to move in the market straight away they've got to hit the ground running so that everybody starts to get on the train and believe that things are going to get better cos there are a diar in my opinion, a real pivotal moment, I think the summer recruitment will tell you whether everything is going in the right direction or whether we're here to make the numbers up and if we buy three or four, twenty nine, twenty eight, twenty nine year olds then it's your termism again and we'll face the same problem either next summer or the summer after none of us want that, so big, big job to do this summer and they have to get it right that's it, make sure you check out peds, maths, reacts and ratings, player ratings give this video a thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't, thanks peds throwing his phone in the background, thanks for watching, thanks for all your support throughout the season have a good summer, we'll see you later


Announcing all the parts of Africa, Chad's government and opposition groups had started peace talk on Sunday morning in Doha. However, the talks were suspended after representatives from one of the 44 rebel groups attending left the room. Before that, the EU commission had urged both parties to reach an agreement. The process should last several days. Moussa Fakai Mohammed has already urged both parties to make concession. The peace talks are crucial and according to Libya's foreign minister, they will improve stability and help fight terrorism in the Sahel region.


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Oh, wow Three color patch and auto 125 we reeled it in and we caught a Mike trout Whoo You know, it's all about the boom Mike trout Bay Bay one out of 25 angels got straight up by Ryan Gamze Ryan Congrats, man. It's a beaut right here Whoo Game used memorabilia right there on the bottom right as well Mike trout autograph jumbo patch relic I knew this case. What's gonna have some stuff in it? Call me. I'm in. Oh, there we go Rookie for the Tigers Zach short Detroit team random spot going to Pat Wolfe Another guy with a nice another kid with a nice signature Some purple here. It's like a long boy. Hi For the king the king's court Felix Hernandez silver signatures nine out of 25 Seattle got straight up by Joe you one of the most electric pitchers in baseball once upon a time Felix Hernandez Out of 25 nice first half of the case. We got one more half to go four more boxes former scion winner Kind of changed the way that Voting happens for the scion doesn't matter about wins and losses kind of brought up the The use of advanced staff when it comes to voting doesn't really bring in the team success anymore Never work y'all up some for the car water Rockies Ryan delayed Rockies going to bury in that team random one more big hurt Frank Thomas for the White Sox Still signed a little high there Frank a good chance to see the actual card itself, you know That five-star Right there, but the other for the White Sox going to Brian that team random He was a little thin so maybe a shadow box or even a redemption. It is a redemption so We'll hide The first card grab the second it's Mark to share a Rangers edition. That's what I was talking about last break seeing guys a Not known to be playing for a particular team come in there. So nine Trying to find it nine out of 25 Mark to share going to the Texas Rangers and Chris parent at last spot mojo from the team random Interesting alright and the redemption good luck everyone. Let's get a good one here Congratulations, you've won You are due to receive a five-star based autograph green parallel of Boston of Jaren Durand rookie for the Red Sox Jaren Durand and the Red Sox going to Jonathan Kent got the right socks straight up one of the one of the worst trades of all time Texas Trading to the Braves for I think out what half a season or the some of her half a season and the Rangers built their 2010 2011-2012 teams off of that That team and the guy Elvis Andrews. They got I think what Matt Harrison Couple of guys contributed to that for them in a big way for a long while All right box seven second last box starting off with Steve Carlson out of 75 23 of 75 Philadelphia Phillies going to Nester Team random spot and some more color some purple For the San Francisco Giants signed a little higher too, but there's Juan Marischal 33 out of 50 San Francisco Giants and Joe you Two Hall of Fame pictures right there one Marischal right there middle middle of the card And the last box we'll do a recap about the answer nice stuff in there See if we can snag one or maybe even two more nice ones With the last box manager. Thanks again team randoms for 5 star 3 and 4 on the site right now with 5 and 6 still having straight-up spots Grabbing teams before they get put in that team birth. She asked me case race calm Second to last card Gonna be a rookie for your 2022 World Series champs. Here's Chas McCormick Houston Astros and Aaron Monzone another long blow with some color coming up here. Good luck everyone Jason Cormick and the last car. Oh nice For the Yankees three out of five silver signatures Bernie Williams You don't see a lot of Bernie New York Yankees Matt Smith straight up paired up with that Don Mattingly never got the respect he got playing behind Jeter and You know Moe kind of that core of the Yankees, but that's a nice one right there to end on. Let's do a little recap. 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Good morning, the people of North-Western province, good morning the people of Samia. I just wish to clarify on one or two issues that are being paid out by the Battle Front as referring to the people who were stranded on the intercity in Lusaka that they are part of those or they are people that were appellate to Lusaka to attend the presentation of the nation day. I wish to dispute with the concept that those are blue lies. The PAF in the North-Western province knows that they do not have numbers, they do not have people. UPND in the North-Western province never sent anyone to Lusaka to attend the presidential nominations. President Againda Chirima has got numbers actually in Lusaka, more than any other presidential candidate in Lusaka. Not even the PAF who can beat President Againda Chirima in terms of numbers in Lusaka province and that is also Lusaka Central Constituents. Therefore, the lies that are being paid out by the Battle Front, the disgruntled Battle Front chairman for the North-Western province, Mr. Jackson Kungo, that the people who were stranded in Lusaka were ferried from the North-Western province, that is a blue lie. Look, Mr. Jackson Kungo's name is tarnished in the North-Western province because obviously people know where he has gone through. This is the man who has not even yet been acquitted by the course of law after he was involved into the illegal God-binding and the stealing of God in Kasenseri. The people of the North-Western province have not forgotten what he did, therefore he is trying by all means to create an impression that is coming, is reappointment or rather the installation that has been done to bring him back as a provincial chairman for North-Western representing the PAF. He is trying to paint or rather bring an impression that he is the man of action, he is the man that is going to bring people together. I want to indicate that Mr. Jackson Kungo's image is already tarnished and there is not any amount of soap or any other chemical that will be used in order to clean the name Kungo. That name Kungo in North-Western province is damaged. It is a name which is associated to criminal activities that were conducted in Kasenseri when Lunga District. However, all those people that they are saying were actually taken to Lusaka by the UPND. I am the provincial youth chairman and I was here, all the youths were here. The provincial chairman himself, Kenny Okatambi was here. The provincial chairman was here at the time when the presidential nominations were going on in Lusaka. Nobody travelled to Lusaka. The people of North-Western province and the leadership of the UPND in this province were here to ensure that we enjoy and President Againde Chirema enjoys the support of North-Western within the province itself. However, we know that the PFO is trying by omens. Zambian people are urging you to remember where you are passing through, where you are coming from. It is the same PFO that gassed you.  It is the same PFO that has brought all the sufferings that you are seeing. It is the same PFO that has denied your children to go to school. It is the same PFO that has made you hungry. It is the same PFO that has brought massive corruption. It is the same PFO that has denied your children opportunities to get employment. So by them saying that this group of people, which were stranded in Lusaka, came from Silesia, I don't think that can make the Zambian people forget about this evil regime. The brutal regime under the leadership, the failed leadership of President Edgar Tagualungu. This brutal regime will never paint or do anything to make themselves clean. They are already starting from the President himself. President Tagualungu is on record telling his juniors that Umba Muibara are here and Muibara. President Tagualungu is on record that there has never fought corruption. President Edgar Tagualungu is on record that during his leadership that you have seen people suffering. When you are taken to police, you'll be there for even I don't know how many days without being taken to court. This is the regime under President Lungu, which has killed so many UPND members and other innocent Zambians. So there is no amount of, you see, paint which PFO try to brand themselves in order to look different or look better. This is a regime under this man Lungu, who said he does not have a vision for these Zambians. No wonder you are saying all these calamities. Do not forget, this is the same Lungu we are talking about today and he is really advocating for a third time. There is nothing good about PFO. There's nothing good about President Lungu.  But by them saying that the Silesian people, the people of Northwestern travel to Lusaka, and in the name of UPND, it is not true. I have already indicated that the leadership of the province, starting from Kenya-Katambi, the provincial chairman, the chair lady of Northwestern province, and myself, the provincial youth chairman. We were all here and President Agandhe Chirema enjoyed the support of the Northwestern people from here in Silesia and other parts of the province, the districts. Nobody traveled to Lusaka. Those people went to Lusaka. They were engineered by PF. Whatever you are seeing there just entails you that this is the PF engineering, at the end of the day trying to brand UPND. They are evil people. And I also want to ask those who went to Lusaka and they were made to look like fools by some PF and they turned around and said, no, you people are stranded. Please Zambian people, you people of Northwestern province, do not fall prey to the patriotic front.   This is the government that we are kicking out of power come 12, I mean come 12 August. So there will be nowhere. I am urging you, all the youths, the youths in Zambia, the students, you have seen how you were terrorized by Kanduru when she was a minister of higher education. Have you forgotten that today President Edgar Ungwini is now bringing criminals into power. He has appointed her as a running mate, as you are aware. So you know, this is the type of a leader we are talking about. Kanduru terrorized the students, removed the meal at our says, I mean she's just, sorry, she's just. I know when you look at her but I made a mistake. She's just all the students that we are protesting from their schools. Parents have had it difficult during the time when Kanduru was a minister. Now look, because he knows that there's no leadership in him, he has also gone to pick on a tribalist in Kanduru to come and be the running mate. So everything about PF, everything about President Edgar Ungwini is totally wrong. This is the time where we can see them now flashing out all sorts of lies, all sorts of, you know, cheapy propaganda against the UPND. But let me assure you, we the UPND are ready to take over government in August. Akainda Ichirama is going to be in state house in August. There is nothing left to stop why we can see even the intimidations. You the civil servants, the police, the ZDNS, the zombie army, the ZF, the doctors, the nurses, we mean well to every one of you and by now you should know you are civil servant. There will be no one of you, any one of you will be used by the PF in order to disadvantage the UPND. The UPND will take care of you and the UPND means business. The UPND means well for every Zambian. However, in my conclusion, I am saying the Zambian people, please be aware that Northwestern still remains the UPND stronghold and nobody has gone to PF. We shall see by the results. Edgar Chakbalung this time around because of his corrupt type of government is going to get zero from Northwestern province. We urge you and mark my words and thank you all. End here. Zambia!


This is stock number 21T88. We are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used RAM and light-duty truck headquarters, and today we are checking out this really good-looking 2021 RAM 1500 fruit cab 5 foot 7 inch short box. This truck has the 5.7 liter V8 Hemi motor with the e-torque Assist on it. It's gonna get you 22 miles per gallon on the highway 17 miles per gallon city and an average of 19 Compare that to the regular 5.7 Hemi, which is gonna get you 21 miles per gallon highway 15 city and 17 average so a 2 mile per gallon average better on the e-torque In the city and the average and 1 mile per gallon better on the highway Anyways diamond black crystal pearl is the color. This is a bighorn level 2 with the night addition on it We shoot all of our videos in 1080p 60 frames per second So if you have HD capabilities on your computer tablet or smartphone device Turn them on right now because it is definitely your best way to take a look at the styling and Options on the truck and color before seeing it in person comes with the 20 inch painted alloy rims That's part of that night addition and this one has nexon rhodium HTX tires. These are 275 55 r20 tires on here kind of a highway all Terrain tread pattern on there You get the e-torque logo on the 1500 badge up there the LED lighting group on this truck LED headlamps running lights and fog lights you do get the front bumper parking sensors on here notice the RAM and grill are all blacked out Part of that night addition also the 20 inch rims are part of the night addition you get the color match mirror backs there We'll take a look at the original window sticker feel free to pause this I'm not going to go through everything on here, but I will just hit on the main points It is the diamond black crystal ram 1500 bighorn Crew cab 5 7 v8 with the e-torque 8 speed automatic transmission everything on the left there is your standard equipment Diamond black crystal pearl is a hundred bucks bighorn 27 z package gives you Is the package, but then you get the protection group, which is 395 the premium lighting group, which is 995 The night addition, which is 2100 bucks gives you the accent color premium power mirrors black headlamp bezels 20 inch painted alloy rims and Then the anti-spin differential as well as the black interior accents bighorn level 2 group gives you is $2,500 gives you the second row in-floor storage bins gives you the receiver hitch usb ports 115 volt power outlets the 8.4 touch screen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto heated seats heated steering wheel The power driver seat with the lumbar adjust the front and rear parking sensors Adjustable pedals power folding mirrors power side and rear window remote start and serious xm for six months This one also has the all-weather floor mats by mopar the 392 gears for better towing which is 95 bucks And then 5.7 with e-torques and $1995 option And then you get the rear wheelhouse liners and the trailer brake controller Total MSRP on this one's 53740 to get your summit price in the upper right hand part of your screen is a link to our website Click then check us out there. You get the three-year 36,000 bumper to bumper Warranty and then the five-year 60 powertrain warranty there your miles per gallon once again Compared to the regular hemi you get 15 city 21 highway for an average of 17 So two better city one better highway and two better average with the e-torque Safety ratings rams very safe vehicles five and four stars up and down the board including a five-star overall Crash test rating. We'll get back to the interior in just a second But we'll finish the outside walk around here You do get those rear wheelhouse liners, which are nice four-wheel disc brakes and all the rams You get the kind of black chrome tipped exhaust back here You also get the backup parking sensors in the rear bumper full towing package Which includes that receiver hitch four pin and seven pin wiring You get the locking tailgate. It also is a shock down assist tailgate. So it's never gonna slam down on you You also get the blacked out big horn ram and four by four logos part of that night edition the LED tail lamps Diamond blacks actually got a little bit of metal flake to it It's kind of hard to see unless we can there you can see the metal flake in the paint It's not as much as brilliant black, which was the metallic black before diamond black. I kind of like this better Has a capitalist fill fill It's not too sparkly, but just enough sparkle You get those heated mirrors built in directional signals blind spot mirrors Inside the big horn level two group gives you the dark charcoal and black Cloth interior both these front seats are heated Power driver seat with lumbar all-weather floor mats are that add-on auto headlamps power pedals You get the tilt and telescopic steering wheel audio controls on the back of the steering wheel power windows power locks power mirrors You get the dark cloth which matches your seat bolsters Then the dark wood grain trim on the doors as well these mirrors do power fold in which is a really nice feature And as we hop inside the truck here Now this one does have some miles on it. It was a dealer trade to us So that's why there's 251 miles on it But still considered brand new has a compass display digital speedometer. You can put outside temp time trailer brake gain on there, whatever you want has the Battery voltage oil temperature and you can change those to read whatever you want including on the right hand side there has the heated leather wrap steering wheel and Cruise controls and gear selector on the right Bluetooth and information center controls on the left push button start turned out four-wheel drive I'm sorry turned out automatic transmission the eight-speed auto You get the push button four-wheel drive and then see your start stop capabilities that comes when you get the e-torque AM FM and serious XM radio capabilities on this radio. You do get your climate controls right here You can see you got dual climate control you can control where it's blowing And then you have your heated seats and heated steering wheel buttons right there You can also check out your backup camera at about any time You want those grid lines are dynamic meaning that they're gonna turn as you turn that steering wheel And then that center line lines right up with the receiver hitch And you can actually zoom in over the receiver hitch to get hooked up to your bolt camper trailer the first time every time Which is really nice and then you also have all your different apps on here You may have noticed that this one does not have navigation on it That's okay because it is Android auto and Apple CarPlay you can project your cell phone to the screen a lot of people like using their cell phone Anyways for navigation so you can project it right to the screen if you've got a different navigation system such as ways or Google Maps You can project it to the screen use it through the screen and it's just like you have nav on the screen We actually did a demo on that Android auto if you want to check that out video that video out. It's in the upper right hand part of the screen Check that video out Down here you're more tactile climate controls including your heated seats and heated steering wheel buttons You get a volume in tune control knob factory brake controller stability control tow-haul front and rear parking sensors You can turn those off and on two USBs two USB C's and an aux jack You get a cell phone holder there and then down here you get a hundred fifteen volt four hundred watt plug-in And you also get the keyless entry with the remote start on there This center console Slides two cup holders coin holders, and then you do get storage underneath there and You also have home link buttons for your garage door security systems and lane systems map lights and power sliding rear window button Auto dimming mirror And we'll take a quick look at the back seats, and then we'll check out I'm gonna show you under the hood because I want to show you how you can tell if it's got the e-torque or not other than on the dash there or the window sticker you have the child latch System back here and on the crew cab you get a latch system in the middle on the quad cab you do not Power sign rear window with the built-in rear defrost these seats do fold up for extra storage And you can see it's a very nice flat load floor back here Do you get another hundred fifteen volt hundred fifty watt or I'm sorry four hundred watt plug-in two more USBs and two more USB-C charging stations In-floor storage with removable containers for easy cleaning you can close bins out Put ice and drinks in there.  There's no latch or anything that you got to undo which is nice Get the bolsters and wood grain trim on the back doors as well, and then the child safety locks on the back doors, too And like I said, we'll take a quick look under the hood Just so I can show you that Motor on here. So, you know, it's got the torque or not So if it's got this big silver motor here That's the e-torque. That's how you know it's got it. 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successful in our community and add tremendous value while also being accountable to our city as a whole. So if I think about city market not only being a success financially but also being a success in terms of being an operation that really is accountable to our community. They come to the city council and give a report to us every year and really let us ask questions of them. We also, if you're a member of city market, I think about this because I was looking through on mail today, you get to vote on the board of city market and you have the opportunity to see who's controlling that particular board and really have your opportunity to access all the information about the decisions that they're making. And I think that that's really what those experiences and that the excitement and the involvement that comes from that control is really what I think has been driving that public comment. I saw it at a series of community forums that we had on the old North End where when we asked the room at one forum at St. Joseph's School, the new O&E community center, what does the public think about this? And does everybody in this room support Keep the Burlington Telecom Local? Everyone in that room raised their hand.  Then we established an email account in order to get feedback from the public and we have those emails up on board docs today. I spent the day reading those emails and looking at all the different feedback we would receive from the public and taking account. And in reading those emails, we received well over 200 emails and we received 186 emails in support of Keep Burlington Telecom Local. There were about 20 in support of Ting and 16 in support of Shurs and I counted ones that just said, go with one of the two higher bidders as being in support of them. So you can see that there's an overwhelming majority in those emails. We also, as part of those emails, received a petition with 631 signatures on it. We see countless lawn signs throughout the community in support of Keep Burlington Telecom Local. Even tonight, we saw 32 people come out in support of Keep Burlington Telecom Local in contrast to only three individuals supporting Ting and Shurs. So I think that if we're gonna involve the public, which we meaningfully have in this process, that we really need to take into account what that public is saying pretty consistently across that process. And I think that they're really saying that because they really like the value of the control that they receive through the cooperative model and the benefits of having a transparent and democratically run institution where members get to vote on key decisions facing that co-op, including establishment of rates and rate increases, where they get to decide on the context of their board, where those board meetings are open and they're held in Burlington, not in a boardroom in Indiana or Toronto, Canada and where they have the opportunity to really directly work with those individuals that are running that company because they're based here in Burlington and their only responsibility is to the people in Burlington. So I think that that's not shareholders, not other family members, not investors, but the members who are in Burlington and those members also, the money stays in Burlington because the members are the ones that are gonna be receiving those dividends, are gonna be receiving that payback. So there's a tremendous amount of benefit that stays in the community and I think that in the long run, if we're thinking long run, we are able to really maintain significant benefit in the community and I think we need to really keep the tremendous valuation of Burlington Telecom in the community by continuing to keep it local. I think that that will also serve as, that democratic control will also serve as well in terms of other public criteria like net neutrality and the maintenance and net neutrality because again, it will be, these decisions will be maintained by, will be controlled and maintained by the members and the board that are transparent and democratically controlled. And they don't have an incentive to not maintain that neutrality for their members because they're really wanting to make sure that the members are the ones that are actually gonna be receiving the benefits, not shareholders who are really hungry for profits necessarily. In addition to that, we're also gonna be really well served by the local folks that they've assembled to help with the running of Burlington Telecom. I think that we've seen over the years in Burlington when we've bet on local people to run city departments, when we've bet on local people to run companies on different entities in this company in the city that we've seen real success from that and I think that we have some incredibly talented individuals in our city who have said, we're willing to step up and we're willing to run this organization and we're willing to do it in a way that will be transparent and that will take into account, that will deliver the best benefit for people and I think that that has not necessarily been stressed enough throughout this process. And while there have been these tremendous benefits, I think what we've seen is a lot of sandbagging or a lot of thumbs on the scale of keep Burlington Telecom local instead of working with these incredibly talented individuals and dedicated people who really wanna see Burlington Telecom succeed, we've seen them be shut out of that process and we've seen them not be engaged in ways to mitigate risks that could potentially help them to be a more stronger bid and a more successful bid. We see things like coming out like potential for threats of lawsuits that are in my mind incredibly speculative at this point. We see and those lawsuits are not necessarily, these speculative concerns are not grounded in the actual agreement which to my knowledge says we do not have to select the highest bidder and in fact, one of the reasons I supported the Blue Water Agreement was because we were able to select the bidder that best achieved our public criteria and not the highest bidder in a sale context. I think that the other risks that we've heard as part of this sandbagging are that that there has been, that there is this issue of debt. And I think that I would agree that that is definitely a concern and something that we absolutely have to take into account. However, I would point to the proformas that do show that this can actually operate and I would also make sure that we not only concern ourselves with debt but debt coverage ratio. And if we look at debt coverage ratio, 1.5 debt coverage ratio is considered healthy. This proposal falls between 1.5 and 2.0 on the debt coverage ratio. So we really do I think have proper coverage in terms of that and in terms of the debt itself as once this becomes an operating entity and banks are seeing that the continued success of this we'll be able to refinance that debt and make it even more sustainable moving forward. So I think that these concerns are not necessarily well grounded and I think that the emphasis on concerns for Burlington Telecom or for Keeper BT Local have really hurt our analysis and recognition of real risks that are associated with the other bidders in this particular case. You know, I think of with Shurs and think of what they're doing in Antietam with net metering. I think that could be a real detriment to our community. When we think of net metering they charge they charge different rates for different speeds of internet and charge and this could ultimately be a hidden tax and one that could really hurt entrepreneurs in our city where people thinking of a small business owner who really needs fast upload and download speeds to support their activity. That could really hurt their entrepreneurs our start-ups ability to really work collaboratively. We heard from owners of startups who really depend on that incredibly fast internet service and that ability to really work with it now in the context of BT we need to maintain that type of access as it currently stands. And then one of the other things with Shurs is that there's not really, there's again an opaque board structure that we won't have access to. We won't get to see how those decisions are made because it's a private company so we won't have the ability or the say to really ask questions and really push for accountability on the decisions that they're making. With regards to Ting we see one of the issues with them is that they're an incredibly leveraged company. They've been on a buying spree. In fact they just spent $85 million to purchase Enom and we don't necessarily have access to all the debt to know about all the debt that they had to do to not only take on this deal but that deal as well. And so that debt comes with the expectation that they're gonna need to pay that debt back and while we may have considerations or guarantees on rates for a couple of years I think again we need to think long term and we need to make sure that we have really strong emphasis on keeping those rates low in the long term and the way you do that is by keeping control of those. With either of these two bids it's also important to emphasize that they don't have a tremendous amount of experience in fiber to the home because both of them are seeking out Burlington Telecom which has actually been operating on its own much longer than either Ting or Sher is in this realm because they want to expand and they see us as a tremendous asset to their portfolio. So this idea that only keep Burlington Telecom local is not necessarily adequate in terms of its ability to operate a fiber to the home network is not necessarily accurate because neither Ting nor Sher's has a tremendous amount of experience running a fiber to the home system. We see Sher's for instance getting out of media, television stations and newspapers and getting more into this because this is the future and they're just trying to take this on because they realize the benefit of it but in terms of operating experience it's not quite there. So in sum I think that we should really bet on Burlington, bet on the individuals in Burlington, bet on the strength of our community to make something that may be difficult work because oftentimes the hard thing is often the hard thing, the more difficult thing, the thing that will be more challenging in the short term can oftentimes long term be the real benefit to the community and the thing that is most true to our values as a community. So I think that we must keep Burlington Telecom local. Thank you. Councilor Mason and Shannon and Dean. Thank you, Acting President Robinson. My vote this evening will be to advance Ting due to the legal regulatory and financials that have been identified by our advisors and by the council. I believe that their offer is the one that best meets the BTAB criteria and will result in the long term success of BT. As everyone knows, the council is, we all have regular jobs. This is a volunteer and part of what's, I think, unique about us is we all bring our sort of skill set, whether it's financial, community organizer, non-profit experience to the table. I am an attorney by trade with 20 plus years of experience so I really want to take on, or I've been viewing this through the lens and want to address the sandbagging notion or the speculative nature of the claim. To me, that in essence renders the KBTL offer not viable and I'm gonna walk through why. I think in concept, as you've heard from everyone sitting up here as well as the public, the cooperative model and the local control reflected in KBTL would be preferred. However, given the constraints that the city is under, under the terms of the mediated settlement agreement with the city bank and the telecom management and services agreement with blue water holdings, I believe that accepting the KBTL offer and its current form will result in the city being embroiled in litigation and denial by the public utilities commission. Not everyone at this table was on the council in 2014 when we were months away from commencement of a trial in federal district court with city bank, which was seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages alleging breach of the lease agreement, fraud and most distressingly also seeking a return of the equipment that they owned. That case was not trending in the right direction and to the city's credit, we were able to extract ourselves out of that by entering into the mediated settlement agreement whereby we agreed to pay 10 and a half million dollars and share 25% of the sale proceeds with them in a third party sale. To fund that settlement, we went to the public and said we need financing. Two bidders were advance, blue water and Rosemar. Blue water was selected, agreed to buy the assets, lease them back to us for $6 million in lease payments and we agreed to pay them a significant percentage of the sale proceeds when we sold Burlington telecom. In that document, we also agreed to put Burlington telecom up for sale and there's a declining percentage that we keep depending on when it's sold. Right now, if it's done by the end of this year, we're at 40%. It's important to note that blue water under the terms of that agreement also retains the right to approve the buyer if it's a first time operator, which KBTL is. We have three offers before us tonight. Two of them offer cash consideration equal to the fair market value of Burlington telecom which is between $28 and $30 million. The third offer for $12 million is 60% lower than fair market value. By accepting the KBTL offer, the benefit of that $16 to $18 million of value is being given to KBTL and its members for no consideration. I view it from this way. If we look straight up on a liquidation analysis, what would happen the day after closing with KBTL if they turned around and sold the company to Ting or to Shurs for $28 or $30 million? None, respect me please. I'm making an analogy. The value of that $16 to $18 million would flow through to KBTL and no portion of that would be shared with the parties with whom we had contractually agreed to share the sale proceeds. Again, that's 25% that would otherwise go to Citibank and 40% to Blue Water. The benefits touted by KBTL, which I believe are real, of retaining local ownership and keeping rates lower will not be shared or monetized by Citibank or Blue Water. In terms of the speculative nature of the claim as it's been addressed or what's been called sandbagging, there's no sandbagging. There was a real communication from Citibank. Once these offers were made public, the city attorney's office and the external counsel received an email threatening litigation. That was followed by a phone conversation where we were then advised that the threat of litigation was not just possible, but almost likely. The damages, if they were to pursue that, are in excess of $4.5 million by my calculation, which is the delta between the lowest and the highest offer. If they were successful in winning that, those funds would come out of the general fund. There's no money in the KBTL offer to satisfy that judgment, which I believe creates a major complication for the Public Utilities Commission in considering KBTL's offer. During that pending litigation, the city would also be forced to cover legal expenses associated with defending it, and the sale potentially could be put on hold indefinitely. It's also not realistic to assume that the existing bidders, shares, and things would be available or willing to put in an offer if the Public Utilities Commission ultimately denied that. I respect, you know, people are saying, please don't bow to the threat of litigation, but from my analysis, I put the potential taxpayer lawsuits of which we have been contacted by two people threatening. I put that in a category of potential. I do not put city capital or city bank in the same category. I was not on the council when city bank, you know, when this first happened, but the stories that I've heard were that, you know, city bank did not act in accordance with the way the city expected when we terminated the lease. They were, to use blunt words, I think they were quite upset with the city and fully intending to get every dollar that they possibly could. I see no reason to believe that's changed. They've made that threat, and I cannot satisfying my fiduciary duty to act in what I believe to be the best interest of the city, move forward with an offer that's gonna put us in litigation and put this sale potentially in jeopardy. Thank you. Councillor Shannon. Thank you. I appreciate all of the communications that I've received on this topic. And I want people to know that I support local ownership and I support the co-op model generally. And as a member of BTab, I and others were strong advocates to make sure that the co-op had really every advantage in this process to make sure that they were kept abreast of where we were, that they had notice of when we were, when things were gonna be coming forward. And that was important to all of us. We've been accused actually since 2009 this council and the council before it have been accused of having some mission of privatization. And I don't think that could be further from the truth. I don't think there's anybody at this table that has any particular interest in the privatization of Burlington Telecom. I think it's unfortunate actually. But we don't always get the hand we want, but we have to play the hand that we have. We don't have all of the options that we would like. I greatly appreciate the efforts of KBTL. They are many of them, my friends. I like them, I respect them, and I believe they have worked tirelessly for years to bring forward the best offer that they possibly could. And it was very, very difficult. It was, I know there were efforts to raise funds. That was difficult and it was difficult to find financing. And what has come forward at this point is only through very intense efforts on the part of many people on that board. And I thank you for that because I think it makes us stronger. And it was a possibility. We never knew what would come forward in terms of offers. We weren't sure that anybody was going to want to buy BT. And we're very fortunate to have the offers that we have now on the table. There are, as you've heard around the table, there are certainly some particular concerns with the offer that has been brought forward by KBTL, both by those of us voting in favor of that offer and those of us voting opposed to that offer or for another offer, I should say. I am grateful for the community meetings that Councillor Mason, Councillor Paul and I have hosted several meetings as well as NPA meetings and have had the opportunity to share our concerns with the public because I think that if I were sitting on the other side of the table, I'd probably be sitting here advocating for co-op ownership. But there's a different weight that is on those of us sitting here who are the decision makers. And I think that it's probably safe to say that a lot of people have lost some sleep over this decision. It's a really hard decision. And we feel the passions in the community and we all want to do what's best for the city in the long-term. And we've been accused of looking, going for short-term gains instead of looking at the long-term interest of the city, but I want to assure you that I don't think that that's true. I don't think that that's true of any of my colleagues. I think we're all looking at the long-term, but the truth is there's no long-term unless we can get through the short-term and we have to look realistically at the risks that are presented. So one of the risks is the financial risk. The numbers could work, but they might not. With the numbers working, we have 14, there's a 14% interest rate and I know that there's concerns about profits going out of state with the other offers, but the 14% interest rate is also going out of state. I know that there's a plan to refinance that in three years, but we also had a plan to refinance BT back in 2007, 2008 and that plan failed because of what happened with the markets, in addition to some other issues that were going on with BT. So it's not a guarantee, it won't necessarily work that way, though I appreciate that that effort should be made should KBTL prevail. There's less than one month cash on hand in the KBTL offer. And should this operation fail, it would be foreclosed on and it would be owned by main fiber. We have put in provisions to control the next sale. That would be a requirement of any successful bidder on BT. We have what's been known as the anti-monopoly clause. I believe that that needs to be strengthened substantially with every bidder, but that doesn't apply to the foreclosure should main fiber acquire this asset. We don't have control over who main fiber might sell BT to and that's a serious concern and it's among the risks that I weigh in this decision. There's also stability of rates. I think that that's of primary importance to many, if not all of our residents is to have affordable rates for the kind of service that we need. There's been a lot of accusations that only KBTL will give us affordable rates. And I don't believe that that's accurate. Their rates will be driven by what they need to charge to make ends meet. That's the way the co-op model works and if they need to charge less, the rates can be lower but if things aren't going well, the rates could be higher. There are no dividends for co-op members unless they overcharge and they have more money than they needed in the pot. That's where the dividends come from. So dividends aren't a foregone conclusion. And unlike the city market model where dividends come because there are both members and non-members who are making purchases and the dividends only go to the members, really from the benefit of the non-members shopping at city market, there are only members in this model. So it is different. It's also different than BED. BED is a monopoly and it's a city-owned utility and I wish we could have that in Burlington. That would be ideal. I think that the city could own our telecom. That's the way it should be. It is a utility. We all need it. Unfortunately, that's not an option that we have. We're not allowed to do that and unlike BED, our telecom business, regardless of who owns it, will be operating in a competitive environment. And for that reason, I don't think it's fair to say that the for-profit corporations that are bidding on this are going to raise our rates because all they care about is profits. Ben and Jerry's was bought by a huge multinational corporation. It can't charge whatever it wants for ice cream. Ice cream is a competitive product. They, their price is based on the quality of their product and what they can charge in the marketplace for that quality product. Rates will be kept low by a business that is expanding its market share, expanding the market and improving service. So by that, by expanding the market share, I mean getting more people who are on the BT fiber pass to subscribe by expanding the market itself. I mean expanding that market, expanding that fiber pass and improving the service. We're all concerned about the customer service that we get. We feel we get good customer service from Burlington Telecom. Most feel they get bad customer service from Concast, at least according to our company research. But all of those things will contribute to a successful and profitable business. Businesses don't just charge more to make more money because it won't make them more money. They need to serve us well in order to make more money. The legal risk, I certainly couldn't begin to go into the detail that Councillor Mason does, but I appreciate that detail. I think that the legal risk is very real and I very much appreciate that many of the folks who have worked on this from KBTL have recognized that and they, I know that they're working on, coming up with a solution that would eliminate that legal risk for us. And I look forward to seeing it, but I have not seen it yet. And the legal risk is probably the biggest factor for me in this decision. When I first got on the city council, I was told that what happened to us with Citibank could not happen. I was told that we didn't need to worry about what Citibank would do should we be unable to pay the bill because they would just pass the keys. That was the term used. They would just pass the keys to another owner who would then operate our fiber to the home network. And Burlington would still be better off because the main reason we built Burlington Telecom was because nobody else wanted to. The Verizon and Adelphia, Verizon was really building fiber in much larger markets than Burlington.  And we felt that that was a detriment to the economy. And so what was most important was that we kept, we kept Comcast accountable by having a competitive environment and that we actually had fiber to the home here even if the keys got passed. But that's not what happened. City Capital wasn't interested in just passing the keys. They were in fact interested in causing us the most pain possible as far as I could tell. And they have, they have caused us a lot of pain. And in 2014, that pain finally subsided when we reached the settlement agreement. And we got past the days when we could not hook up people who were on the fiber pass because we didn't have enough money to incur that cost. So I believe that the future is bright if we can avoid further litigation with Citibank. And I believe that we can avoid that litigation with Citibank by choosing either Scherz or Ting. And I have gone back and forth over which of those offers is a preferable offer. I think that they're, they both present their own strengths and weaknesses but really some great opportunities for the city. In the end, I've decided that I will support Ting going forward. And some of the reasons for that are some of the things that Councilor President Nodell actually referred to. And that is the community benefits that come with that offer. I think it's extremely important that we grow our tech economy. And there is some key points in their offer that contribute to that. They'll be giving $60,000 annually to BTV Ignite. They will be giving $50,000 annually for free advertising, for local startups and economic development and community events. And there's more funds available from them, including the BTV Ignite initiative as well as the free advertising. There's a total of $250,000 a year available. And some of the other initiatives will be the Smart Cities initiative, bridging the digital divide for people who cannot afford the internet rates of any of the companies really. Free co-working space. And not only, there's been a lot of accusations about net neutrality that these companies will not support net neutrality. The reason that I believe Ting will support net neutrality isn't just because they said that they would, but they're actually net neutrality advocates. Aside from the negotiations they have with us, they are advocating for net neutrality and they've been recognized for that advocacy. They're an innovative and forward-looking company. They're public and they're transparent. They tied for first in consumer reports on customer service. I think that there's a lot of things that I could say in response to issues that have been raised here, but I will wrap up my comments and I want to express sincere gratitude for Terry Dorman and the work of Dorman and Fawcett and Stephen Baraklaw for getting BT to where it is today, which is a saleable company. That's not where it always was in my tenure on this city council. And today we do have good options and I do believe the future is bright and we should celebrate that in the end regardless of the result. Thank you. Pro Tem Anderson, I've moved to suspend the rules to allow us to continue working after 1030s now, 1040, but to complete this item. Do you have a second? Second? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? I have two more Councillors and Councillor Dean and Councillor Chang. Thank you, President Pro Tem Anderson. I'm not sure that I can add very much more to what we've heard already tonight. Thank you, Councillor Shannon for going over, I think, the significant number of detailed points that are really important. I'd like to step back a little bit and talk more about what this vote means tonight and to point out in particular that, you know, we're not currently debating who will be the final selected candidate to purchase BT here. What we're trying to do is narrow the field to two and that's important because we're headed into a critical period of the next few weeks where we're going to be doing due diligence and we are going to be potentially refining and improving competing offers. And for me, that is what's important. So for me a successful vote tonight, meetings that we've identified the preferred bidders that meet the fundamental goals established by the criteria of the BTAP process, but who can be motivated by stiff competition to work even harder in the weeks ahead to be that successful firm that can deliver fast, affordable and accessible internet service, provide active support to community values and initiatives and most importantly, deliver stellar customer service to all of Burlington residents at competitive rates into the future. So to be the truly responsible in our choices tonight, I think we need to be certain of four critical points. First, that those two candidates that we choose are financially stable. They're not overstretched by this purchase and that they have readily available financial resources when the times get tough because they will get tough. It's not going to always be smooth water ahead, that's guaranteed. Second, that the chosen firm must have proven managerial and technical expertise, proven. Third, they have to have the best chance to be favorably evaluated by the Public Utility Commission and to receive a certificate of public good. Finally, they must offer the best assurance that as much as possible of the $16.9 million of taxpayer funds that were inappropriately allocated by a previous administration are returned and they're returned to everyone, not just a particular subset of Burlington's voters. To me, there are two bidders whose current letters of interest reflect commercially reasonable offers. Those bidders value BT appropriately, not at a discount. They deal fairly with the other entities that took significant risks during the 2014 settlement and they importantly, and most importantly, they demonstrate general compliance with the BTAP criteria. There are two firms that are financially stable, have ready access to additional capital if needed and can clearly demonstrate management and technical expertise. They do not risk failure in front of the PUC. My vote tonight will be for one of these firms. My anticipation that if both were to move forward tonight, which I don't think they will, that we could see significant improvement in the features and the values of the current offers in their letters of interest. That would be a clear win for the city. While I do appreciate the incredible amount of effort invested by KBTL and the potential included with their bid for long-term community benefits to a specific group of community members, my current assessment is that the lack of financial resources available to this bidder, especially when compared to the other two bidders, makes their offer not commercially reasonable and exposes the city to near certain litigation from the other participants in the 2015 settlement. In my opinion, we need to do everything we can reasonably do to avoid this eventuality. It is not responsible management of the city to steer toward virtually certain failure. Personally, I am not comfortable helping to steer the ship toward troubled waters. I won't do it. If KBTL, the third bidder does advance in the voting tonight, which I assume it will, I expect that in the weeks ahead that they will assemble a commercially reasonable offer that also addresses the flexibility for the city in deciding whether to go forward with a carried interest equity or not at their discretion, at the city's discretion. And I would, if the KBTL can do that, I would welcome the opportunity to reevaluate and reconsider my support for them. Thank you. Councilor Chang. Thank you. First of all, I wanna thank the people who are here for your engagement. I am the newest city councilor. I've been here only three months. And when I joined the council, I'll be very honest with you. That the discussion that I found here was, how do we let KBTL local know you don't have a chance? But from there to now to today, so many things has changed. And that changed because KBTL, they did an incredible job in making their offer better. It's not perfect, but to me, it's not why we are here. We are here to find ways in making sure we're building a better community. So many people talked about it today and they talked about it over and over again. Outside of Burlington, life is not easy. The world is changing. The world is becoming a mess. It, excuse me, of the world. We are the only community that have the chance in bringing back the power of a human being, of what life is about, of caring for one another, of taking care of our children and making a better, a brighter future. Only Burlington has a change in my own knowledge compared to the rest of the world. We are all connected. How? It's not through cars or airplane. We are connected through the internet. We all now live in a small, planetary village. We are resident. What connect us is the internet. What connect us is the cable, is the telephones. We stay at our home and we are connected to the rest of the world. We, Burlington, want to show the rest of the nation what sustainable community is about. And Keep BT Local gave us an opportunity. Members of our community stood up to keep our own broadband internet local. This is a huge disappointment. When I hear member of this council supporting entities that are hosting white supremacy websites, that are hosting neo-Nazi websites, member of this council are working on it. What I learned here as my three months in this council is I received so many threats just because of this own issue, of this issue. When I was coming here, I am like so excited that I will join people who are excited about this city. How can we partner and work together and make things happen for the resident of Burlington? I'm gonna tell you the truth. I was disappointed by some member of this council, some member of this table. Who gave me some threats about this vote? If you vote this way, it will follow you on the next election in March. Think about that. Or why you are knowing that Keep BTL has the lowest offer? Why you still wanna support them? Those type of things. And I started to realize that, you know what, Ali? You are not going anywhere. The real change we want, right? It starts with this. The community we wanna build, it starts with this. And I wanna tell something. It is about the legacy. It is not about 30 million, it's not about 20 million.  It's about our grandchildren. It's about 30 years ago. It's about 30 years from now or 50 years from now. Those children will wake up and thank us because we left them with something that they can be really proud about. Not long ago, I think a gentleman from Japan was here. And I think it was one of these, he's here today. And he talked about his experience around in Japan, how a family business brought something and just changed it totally into something else. And I've been doing some research. Ask about shoes. Some people talk about it. They will buy it and what I think what we will do, the cousin would wanna sell it away. There are so many risks about this deal that we don't know. But what we know for sure is the people in Keep Burlington Local are our friends, they are our neighbors and they are capable in making sure that this will continue in becoming what we wanna see. But I think also people can understand one thing, the history of Burlington Telecom. From what I understood, it happened going down in 2008. And back then it was a recession. There were a couple of things that did not go well, 17 million were put into it. And members of the Burlington Telecom right now, they are only 7,000. The population of Burlington is way more than that. There are maybe 10,000 people out there who are not part of this. But the chance we have are all those people put us all of us here today. The only chance that we have is for the rest of the Burlingtonian who are not subscribers, how do we as a representative work with them to give them access to this asset? Right, my vote would be for Keep Burlington Telecom Local. Thank you. Mayor Weinberg. Thank you, Pro Tem Anderson. I'll try to be brief. I've written to all of you and you know where I stand. I think the public is clear where I stand and where this isn't that I thought was the right one to make tonight. And it's pretty clear that the council's gonna do something slightly, you know, somewhat different. And I respect that. I think there's wisdom in that. And I think that we will have a couple more weeks to explore options fully as a result of that. I don't want to rehash any of that. What I do want to respond, however, to sort of a kind of a new undercurrent that I think we've heard in some of the comments tonight and in some of the council discussion that I think is concerning and that I would like to share my perspective on at least. We heard frequently tonight that it's important to fight the banks and not be afraid of litigation. And I just hope we all remember the history here and are really clear that we did fight. I did fight. And in many ways, one, I think, some very important victories that define and really make possible the conversation we're having tonight. We were faced with a claim for 33 and a half million dollars plus other damages. And we protected the taxpayers and essentially capped any further liability for taxpayers from those claims. I think that's pretty widely understood and even alluded to tonight. I think what people maybe have somewhat forgotten is other elements of that lawsuit that we fought out. There was an attempt by the bank to have the city of Burlington. They tried to, they exercised the only recourse they had under the lease and said the city of Burlington should take the fiber up out of the ground and send it back to New Jersey or some location. And if not that, or in addition to that, the bank said the city of Burlington hasn't paid its bills here, take this entity away and put it in receivership. And neither of those things happened as a result of the settlement. And a final, pre-remarkable element in the settlement is that we earn the right to continue to operate Burlington Telecom and to do what we're doing now, which is to direct the final outcome, to control the destiny of what will happen to the Burlington Telecom. And why do I say that's remarkable? Well, it's a point that is often, I think is widely misunderstood and not recognized at all. It's one of the first things that Councillor Hartnett said earlier is, in a very real way, we do not own Burlington Telecom. In a very real way, we never have. We, this system was built with money invested by others and in large part. And that limits our choices. That defines our options forward. That we have the ability to control the future of an asset that we do not own is unusual. And it is one that we, I think we need to take advantage of this opportunity and that it is not something that will necessarily always be available to us if we don't finish the job correctly here in the months ahead. So, I really don't think the fair question is, are we willing to fight the banks? Are we willing to litigate? I think the right questions now are, are, is the city going to make good on the commitments it made to settle that litigation? Are we going to learn from the mistakes of the past? Do the proposal, does the proposal that we ultimately select meet the criteria that we deliberately and carefully wrote to protect Burlington Telecom customers, taxpayers and the city? And, you know, there was more to those criteria. Local benefits are certainly a major part of it, but there are a lot of other important criteria as well. 13 criteria. So the answers, I think, when we make a decision, I hope, two weeks from now, the answers to those questions, all those questions needs to be yes. Or I think we have big troubles ahead and we will come to see the last three and a half years as a brief respite and we really do risk losing control of the destiny of the future of Burlington Telecom. If we can truly say yes as we make the decision to those questions, if we can truly say yes, answer yes to those questions as we make this decision, I think we will have resolved 15 years of Burlington Telecom challenges with an outstanding outcome that ensures that high-speed, high-quality internet access for Burlingtonians is available for many, many years to come. Look forward to being back with you in a couple of weeks as we engage that. Councilor Wright, sorry. Thank you, President Anderson. Apologize for speaking a second time, I will be brief. I just want to point out that no one on this city council should attempt to put themselves in a higher position than anybody else on this council. I respect every single person on this council, I respect everyone in this rooms, different points of views. What I don't want to be told is that if I have a different point of view, that my point of view isn't valid. And so I respect Councilor Jang's point of view and his vote tonight and his final vote in two weeks. And I ask that all of our votes are respected as well. Councilor Jang. But I just wanted to make myself also very clear that I respect every single person here. I respect also your, the amount of time that you've been at the council. I respect your service, not only for the city, but also for the state. I think what I talked about here is very clear and I did not point the finger at anybody. Right? I just want to make that very, very clear. And together, we need to come together to solve this. Each one of us, you can have your own point of views. That's what democracy is about. It's not about talking back, but it's about how do we work together to get things done and then move on. If I made anybody uncomfortable for what I said, I am not gonna say I'm sorry because I haven't done anything that made you wanna think that I did not respect your point of view. I admire your point of view. I admire your service. I just wanted to make that very clear. Any other comments or discussion? That, we will move to a vote. Just as a reminder, I will go through the names of the three bidders in alphabetical order and I'll ask the councillors to vote when we raise the name of the bidder that you are interested in. All right, so we'll start with keep BT vocal if all the councillors would say yes and raise your hand. We will do shares. Please say yes. And finally, we will do Ting, okay? So it, okay, yeah. It looks like the vote has resulted in six votes for Keeperlington Telecom Local, five votes for shares and one vote, I mean, sorry, five votes for Ting and one vote for shares. So we will go forward with Keeperlington Telecom Local and Ting, and may I pass it? Make a motion to adjourn. Thank you very much, Pro Tem Anderson. Councilor Mason, do you have a point of order? I have a process question, please. I'm given the flow of information that has continued up until the meeting. I'm just hoping for some expectation for all of us in terms of when we'll be the due date for final offers and what that'll look like and when that will be provided to us. Okay, the mayor and I will work on all of this and to get ready for the next meeting. Councilor Paul. Thank you. If you recall, President O'Dell, I believe you were at the BTab meeting. I can't remember now if you were at the BTab meeting when we had a conversation about the employees of Burlington Telecom and the fact that there were a number of employees. I thought that they might be here this evening, but that they really would like to speak before the council about their perspective on the new owner of Burlington Telecom, just like we've heard from the public. And I would hope that we might have that opportunity. I realize that it'll be at the last meeting before we vote, but if we could organize that, I would like to hear from them if they want to be heard from. Okay, thank you. We will try to organize that. Councilor Shannon. I was thinking about that as well and wondered if maybe offering to them, encouraging them to correspond with us by email in advance of the meeting might also be an option. Yes. Any other counselors, just reflecting on what do you need coming into the next meeting or some suggestions for how we move forward here? Councilor Paul, you can keep going. Well, I think there's two things. The first is I would like us to continue working with CTC if there is any financial information that comes forward. The other thing also is that there have been at the community meetings, at least that Councilor Shannon Mason and I had, there were a number of people who asked whether or not we could have some financial analysis by someone who really does understand co-op models really, really well. And I think that we should have that. I think that we should have someone who takes a look at the pro forma, who understands co-ops and will look at the things that are not, that are out of the realm of conventional economic analysis such as net societal benefits and patronage dividends. It's definitely another realm and we only have two weeks, but I would be interested in seeing that. Okay, thank you. I think that's a good suggestion and we can, I think the mayor wrote that down. Other suggestions or requests? So the assumption is that Mr. Dorman will be working with both. We'll still be using both bids against each other in this maybe slightly different way than anticipated, but still playing them off against each other to continue to improve the bids moving forward. Yes, can Councilor Zhang? For the next round of those two finalists, is it possible for them to come back to do a presentation for the council and also for the public? Do, I'd like to hear from any other councilors on that or from the mayor or from anyone. Would people find it useful to invite the two remaining bidders back to make presentations? I would. I would. You're saying yes? Yes. Councilor Brown is saying yes. Mayor Weinberger, any thoughts? I think we have a couple competing goals here. I think there's a desire to conclude this in a couple weeks. I think we can express to the bidders a desire for them to continue to communicate with the public and encourage them to do so. I think they both have intentions to do so. Okay. Thank you, Councilor Roof. I'm open to it. I just would, in a short timeline and with these groups being busy operating in other ways, I would prefer, I would hope that planning a presentation would not get in the way of them improving their bids. So I think that's the, I'm open to it in a perfect world, I'd love it, but I'm concerned that it might get in the way of the priority which is improving the outcome. So I'm just gonna put that out there. I don't have a preference. Councilor Busher. I wasn't really expecting them to make a presentation. I was expecting them to be present to answer any questions that weren't addressed in the final bid. And if there were some outstanding things regarding pro-formers or whatever, whatever might come up from the council. So I wouldn't want to have them really spend a lot of time on a formal presentation at that time. I think that's too late. I think to be available though to answer questions is really key. Okay, thank you. I think ultimately it's up to the council, that's what you have a council president for in a mayor and more together. Councilor Jane, did you care to speak again? And what I'm coming from is more many people, we need to respond to the secrecy that they saying the council and the mayor have been doing because this would be an opportunity to share a transparent process for the last two bidders because the first time there was a lot of meetings in just executive sessions. And now I think at this stage of this process it will be beneficial to at least give our constitution the residents to ask direct question. And I'm not worried about the presentation but just direct question to the people who would be governing our Burlington, our telecom. Thank you, Councilor Jane. So, councillors please continue to share your opinions with me and then the mayor and I will make some plans. Is there a motion to adjourn? Councilor Wright moved it. Councilor Mason seconded it. All in favor of adjourning? Aye. Is there any opposed? Then we stand adjourned 11, 10 p.m.


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