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To: Jay Lowe who wrote (5398)	2/14/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Jay, I'm at a major loss on this one. I repeatedly read about missed deadlines on TCI's part, which I don't for a moment doubt... but I've yet to hear the company's side of the story. Assuming that their performance was indeed egregious, does the county think that T will be of a mind to perpetuate such poor levels, if they in fact existed in the past? I'm familiar with franchise issues, their deadlines and the occasional variances. I've also seen situations where a contractor could not meet a deadline due to: bureaucratic Catch-22s that are often thrown in their path; force majeure; labor stoppages; mid-stream changes in scope by the municipality, itself; sabotage; disruptions in supply chains; just about any reason imaginable. Like I say, I'm at a loss here. ---- On an unrelated (?) matter, I've copied an excerpt from an independent report, by a well respected figure in the Internet realm, which was written to depict the conditions that exist in Washington State, having to do with the state's positions concerning the adoption of various NII initiatives. The report is dated some time in the 2H98, and it's from the COOK Report on Internet's Special Reports Section at cookreport.com A longer abstract from this report can be viewed at the above url, but the entire report is for paying subscribers only. The craftily-taken-out-of-context-excerpt, just to make a point, follows: ----- "In order to bring a "competitive environment" to the citizens of the state, Washington State agencies are moving forward to implement new information technology programs. But this information technology is the new hucksterism of the second half of the '90s. With the Clinton Administration pushing it in the first half of the decade, officials from the various departments of state government are lined up at the federal table to make sure they get the technology grants that will make their agencies stand out at home. They are very likely perfectly well-intentioned civil servants - in a hurry to build now and ask questions later. Policy issues, the big picture, privacy and confidentiality concerns are given lip service, but usually put off as being to difficult to deal with now. "As these are put off, the web of interconnected communications systems and databases grows and wraps more firmly in place around Washington State residents. ----end I don't know what this has to do with anything being discussed here, because, like I said, I'm at a loss on this issue. But I thought that I would post it partially for some contrast, and to possibly shed some light on the atmosphere that may exist there. Comments are welcome. Regards, Frank Coluccio