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Director's Clean Up Corner Cable Porn Invadin g Our Homes Is your city cable TV provider in the porn busi- conduct a public hearing, and invite the cable ness? I hope not. But if your provider is Roger's provider to speak to the community on this issue. Cable, North Central Cable TV, or Northwestern The providers have craftily brought this filth into Cable in the Twin Cities, then the kind of raunchy your community without benefit of appropriate material available in downtown adult theaters is public notice. City officials throughout the Twin available via pay-for-view cable right in your own Cities are outraged over this. City councils have living room. gone on record officially asking cable providers to Due to careful wording in the franchise agree- remove the filth from their communities. ment, some cable providers have assured that City council members and mayors like Mayor this material is not, and cannot, be transmitted Fahey of Little Canada, Councilman Bill Bennis of over the cable system serving their communities. White Bear Lake, Council member John Weaver CLEAN UP Project has learned that, in addition to of Anoka, and Council member Steven DeLuca of the more than 60 Twin Cities municipalities Ramsey are asking civic and church leaders in (including the city of Minneapolis) that currently their communities to express their outrage to have cable porn, there is a distinct possibility cable providers. other cable systems are soon to make pay-for- At this point, the CLEAN UP Project is not ask- view movies available. Nortel Cable Associates, ing cable subscribers to cancel their service in which serves Bloomington, Fridley and St. Louis protest. First we want to clean up the service. Park, is one firm that has not ruled out the possi- But we must continue to raise the level of public bility of offering pay-for-view porn in the future. outcry. Make sure your city officials are repre- It is not too late to act. Please contact your senting your concern to your cable provider. mayor and city council member and ask them to Make sure your cable provider has heard from do everything creatively possible to rid your you, even if your home is not hooked up to the community's cable system of this filth, or to system. In kindness, express your point of view insure that it never will be offered. CLEAN UP to them. Project has informed locally elected officials For further information about cable porn, call throughout the Twin Cities about this issue and (612) 633-1864. has given them ideas about what can be done. —Bob Heinrich A legal remedy is only part of the solution. Please encourage your locally elected leaders to I Federal Law Update (from cover) indications from both men that they would most C® `�MP u■J•`O j T likely support this legislation. However, Minne- sotans want to be sure that their congressional CLEANUP Project is Published Monthly by: delegation will be giving full, non-partisan support CLEAN el ng Ave.of Minnesota g p 2875 Snelling Av N. to this much-needed legislation. St. Paul, MN 55113 When writing your senators, refer to Senate Bill (612) 633-1864 52033, and in communicating with your congres- Project Director: Robert Heinrich sional representative, refer to House Bill HR Copy Editor: Steven Deyo Writers: Carolyn Owens, Vickie Scherer, Jan Schlefelbein 3889. Information detailing this proposed legisla- Art Director: Marjorie Farnsworth tion is available at the CLEAN UP office. Production: Crown Communications Your regular gifts support the work of CLEAN UP Project is a non-denominational, non-profit, non- partisan effort. It is a separate and designated fund of the CLEAN UP Project.For your convenience, Berean League, a tax-exempt Minnesota corporation. use the envelope provided.Thank you There is no restriction on reproduction of contents provided for your contribution. excerpts are not taken out of oontext. 2