It is a perfectly normal GOP position to be against a government service that isn't police or military. What is kind of weird is when the GOP bans at say, a sta

It is a perfectly normal GOP position to be against a government service that isn't police or military. What is kind of weird is when the GOP bans at say, a state level, something some cities might want to do. This does run counter to some of the other GOP political ideas, that local governments should be free to make their own decisions and not hampered by state or federal government. Perhaps they are worried that municipal broadband will be popular and thus spread, if cities are allowed to do it, which then would threaten some of their donations, and some of their fundamental ideas.