> He opposes plans for better cheaper muni internet because “The county government can only do better because they get to cheat - they don’t need to make a prof

> He opposes plans for better cheaper muni internet because “The county government can only do better because they get to cheat - they don’t need to make a profit, but spectrum does.” Tell him he needs to be willing to support for the muni internet in order to get Spectrum to offer symmetric fiber in the first place. Same way he needed to be able to convincingly threaten to cut the cord to DirectTV the umpteen times he's forced them to offer him a discount, or to let XM radio subscription expire in order to get them to drop from $25/mo to $5/mo to get him back. Dollars to donuts he's had the experience of paying out the ass for those services. Perhaps you're lucky and he's never renegotiated either of those. In that case tell him how to get those cheaper rates, and let him feel what it's like to instantly save an order of magnitude dollars monthly. Then you'll get a better sense of how deep those beliefs go.