Sunday, July 11, 2004

Message From The Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council (ATIC - http://atic.researchedge.com/) and the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC - http://www.ccec.state.az.us/) present a series of candidate debates for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC - http://www.cc.state.az.us/) as live events in Tempe and Internet Webcasts on July 13 and October 7. ACC candidates will debate issues important to Arizona's businesses and our quality of life. This year you will have the opportunity to vote for four of the five members of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). To help you better understand the importance of the ACC, and to become acquainted with the positions of the candidates, the Citizens Clean Elections Commission selected the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council to host, and web cast, the 2004 primary and general election debates for ACC candidates. The debates will cover all services under the jurisdiction of the ACC: utilities regulation (gas, water, electric and telecommunications)incorporation of businesses and organizations securities regulation, and railroad and pipeline safety. During the 2002 election cycle, ATIC made history when it delivered the issues live to desktops throughout the state via a web casts of the Gubernatorial and Corporation Commission debates, which we believe were the first ever live web casts of statewide candidate debates in the country. Why You Should Attend: While the Corporation Commission is little understood by the public, this powerful body will make important decisions that will impact your safety and quality of life, economic development, and the future of the state. The Commission: makes decisions that affect the quality of service, utility rates, and future investments by public utilities, including telecommunications, water, electric and gas serves as watchdogs that oversee our corporations and protects us from investment scams and fraud insures public safety for railroads and pipelines. Live Presentation and Internet Webcast: The primary and general election debates will be presented in front of a live audience and web cast over the Internet at the time of the debates. Following the debates the web cast will be available for on-demand access from the ATIC Web Site in both high and low bandwidth versions. You will have access to these debates from your desktop at http://atic.researchedge.com/election/acc04debate.html. Location and Schedule for Debates: ACC Primary Debate: Tuesday, July 13, 2004, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (For Republican contenders for Kris Mayes's ACC Seat, Other seats non-contested) ACC General Election Debate: Thursday, October 7, 2004, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Live Event Location: Auditorium, University of Advancing Technology (2625 W. Baseline Road, Tempe) (See map at http://www.uat.edu/largeMap.html) Web Cast Access: http://atic.researchedge.com/election/acc04debate.html Details, Contacts, Interpreters: No registration fees. Registration is not required for live attendance or web cast access Details: http://atic.researchedge.com/election/acc04debate.html Contacts: In Phoenix: (602) 254-5887 or atic@researchedge.com and in Tucson: (520) 321-1309 or cita@tucsonlink.org. Sign and Spanish language interpreters will be available live on-site. People with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting Oris Friesen (602) 992-4504 or atic@researchedge.com Sponsors: Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council(ATIC - http://atic.researchedge.com/) Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC - http://www.ccec.state.az.us/) University of Advancing Technology (UAT - http://www.uat.edu/) Avnet, Inc. (http://www.avnet.com/) Kino Communications (http://www.kinodigital.com/) 9:16:09 PM

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* Democracy Fest * Great Barrington, MA * DemocracyFest. DemocracyFest will be held July 24th-25th in Great Barrington, MA. DemocracyFest tickets are available online right now. Phone purchases will be available shortly. Tickets are available until July 19th at the advance price of $35. This ticket includes both days at the event, camping on Saturday night, and all workshops. Tickets purchased after July 19th will be $50 each, so buy your tickets now! Please purchase one ticket for each individual 16 yrs or older who will be attending. Tickets will be mailed to you, so make sure to include your shipping address when prompted. We have set the ticket price low to keep the event economically accessible. Please consider what you would have paid to attend an event of this scale and contribute the difference. (If $50, please donate $15, if $100, please donate $65, etc.) We need to put down some substantial deposits this week, so please contribute if you can. Contributions to My Vote Is My Voice Corporation are not tax deductible. See below for some handy DemocracyFest links. Thank you, Jessica Falker Tickets | Contributions | Workshop Registration | Speakers/Performers | Press Release [Blog for America] 9:06:59 PM

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