Would a non-profit community media center pose a risk to local government?
The community media center would be created by local government as part of its regular cable franchise negotiations and the relationship between local government and the center would be periodically renegotiated. Thus the relationship between the center and local government would be mutually beneficial. There are many concrete examples of this: The center would provide access to resources and expertise in promoting the community that government might not otherwise have. Also, the center, rather than local government, would have to deal with disputes or controversies about content. Local government could evaluate their relationship with the center in terms of how well it managed problems that might arise.
