Cable battle in Mass?

So, I've been watching these commercials from Massachusetts TV stations from "concerned citizens" about keeping "local control" of cable and how that is somehow as good for the citizens as apple pie and the Star Spangled Banner. So the (same) local control that we've always had is good? For whom? This is the system that provides a monopoly to a single company for some set of municipalities. When was the last time you had any choice for cable programming? The current system benefits the cable companies, and the municipalities, but not the customer. The cable company gets a captive market, an effective geographic monopoly. The municipality allows competitive bidding for which company will service the area, and chooses the winner based on who will provide the best franchise fees to the local cable board. The one party that does not "win" is the consumer. They're left a single choice, and before you start throwing out the satellite card, forget it. I've been there. Direct TV is the only company I know with customer service that's worse than the airlines. So, when you see ads that cry out for retaining "local control" of cable, understand that the sponsors of those ads are probably the cable companies themselves; it sure as hell ain't the customers that are being served... Hell I don't know - I may be wrong - feel free to correct me! Until next time...