Here are links to comments I made recently about the effect of corporate dominance of the our (U.S.)  governmental processes.

The local paper, The Brattleboro Reformer, published it as a “Local Editorial”

VTDigger, an online news outlet, also published it as a “Commentary”

If the interests of the telecommunications industry can undermine one of the last remnants of democratic decision-making, small rural municipalities in a small rural state (Vermont), then the example applies everywhere.