The Hungry Wolf: Monday: New York Stands Up for Net Neutrality!

An open email to all New Yorkers-

[1]Save the Date: New York Speaks on Net Neutrality and Comcast

Question: Where’s FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler?

Answer: Who knows?

Here’s what we do know: Thousands of people like you have urged him to host public hearings in your communities on Net Neutrality and the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.

And Demand Progress and our coalition partners have sent formal invitations, issued requests via the press and at rallies, and teamed up with other public interest organizations to push Wheeler to meet with you.

The response? Nothing. But that’s not going to stop us.

While we hope Wheeler and his colleagues will show up, we’re holding our own event in Brooklyn with or without them.

[2]Speak Out With Us in Brooklyn on Mon., Oct. 27.

Here are the details:

What: New York Speaks: A Hearing on Our Rights to Connect and Communicate
When: Mon., Oct. 27, from 6-8 p.m.
Where: Dweck Center, Brooklyn Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza
Who: We’re partnering with our allies at Common Cause, Consumers Union, Daily Kos, Free Press and the Media Action Grassroots Network to host this event.

RSVP: [3]Sign up here

Bring: Your message for Wheeler on a big, bold sign.

While the chairman hasn’t responded to our invitations, he has had time to attend gatherings our Net Neutrality opponents have planned.

Millions of people have spoken out to save Net Neutrality and stop Comcast. Obama has expressed his own support for the open Internet—multiple times.

While we don’t know where Wheeler is, one thing is clear: He’s ignoring the public he’s supposed to serve and the president who appointed him.

[4]Join us in Brooklyn to speak out.

Hope to see you there.

-Demand Progress

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