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an Anna Eshoo</strong> (D-CA). A panel of local elected officials from across the country will discuss creative local solutions and the importance of local input and decision-making for broadband issues like infrastructure planning, 5G development, and rural broadband access. Speakers: <strong>Wade Troxell</strong>, Mayor, Fort Collins, Colorado; <strong>Robert Wack</strong>, City Council President, Westminster, Maryland; <strong>Jeremy Pietzold</strong>, City Council President & Sandynet Chair, Sandy, Oregon; <strong>Greg Murphy</strong>, Supervisor Chair, Faxon Township & RS Fiber Joint Powers Board Chair, Minnesota; <strong>Patrick Mulhearn</strong>, Policy Analyst, Santa Cruz County, California. Moderator: <strong>Deb Socia</strong>, Executive Director, Next Century Cities. The event will be webcast live on the<strong> <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncclocal/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration-line:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>. (No captions).</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">What:<span> </span><a href="http://nextcenturycities.org/event/congressional-briefing-the-importance-of-local-voices-in-broadband-decisions/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Congressional Briefing: The Importance of Local Voices in Broadband Decisions</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Where: Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">When: Thursday February 15 2018 3pm-4pm ET (20:00-21:00 UTC)</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Webcast:<span> </span><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncclocal" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncclocal</a></strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">Twitter: @NextCentCit + #broadband<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/nccbroadband" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/nccbroadband</a></strong></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794the-post" style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9912#respond" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap">Comment</a></td><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">   <a class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9912#comments" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178);text-decoration:underline">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);text-align:left;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_5844704400492969127gmail-m_691710466488204006gmail-m_-2555978559901053195gmail-m_5892874172905264375gmail-m_5946940751662216966m_-8460554344174528794subscribe-content" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background:rgb(23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