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Editor: Baton Rouge should jump on Google opportunity
Daily Report
February 23, 2010
Google's offer of ultra-fast Internet service free of charge to several U.S. cities is one that Baton Rouge should aggressively pursue, says Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball. Mayor Kip Holden and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber should rally around the effort, just like they rallied around a bond issue that was defeated by voters last year. "There are many who will say Google selecting Baton Rouge is a long-shot. So, too, was getting the tax-leery voters of this parish to pass a nearly $1 billion tax-bond-and-spend package. That didn’t slow the mayor and his supporters down," Ball says. Read the full column here. Send comments to editors@businessreport.com.
To join the Facebook group to bring Google Fiber to Baton Rouge, click here. For a WAFB report that features Ball addressing the push for Google Fiber, click here.
