John DeSantis said at the Board of Estimates meeting on November 10th

Subject: [BGM] What I said at the Board of Estimates meeting on November 10th


Just in case there may be some useful ideas that we can together use to
put into some kind of an action in the future, I want everyone on the
BGM mailing list to know what I composed and read at the Board of
Estimates meeting on Wednesday morning.

Here it is.--John:

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Well funded public access TV channels, with adequate facilities, staff,
training, and equipment (not as our current unfunded public access
channel that is without a staff, studio, and equipment), will offer
great benefit to our youth by giving them an ongoing and non-stop
creative and constructive outlet and will help reduce crime, among many
other positive things for our city, like, just for example: allowing
them to showcase their many different talents in sports and
entertainment; allowing them to express their views on talk shows that
they or others create around every important social, political,
educational, and economic subject. Adults, businesses, and foundations
can sponsor and provide rewards of all types to winners in all kinds of
contests (sports, educational, entertainment, debate, new ideas, etc.)

Everyone in our Baltimore community, somehow organized and/or promoted
by the media, should brainstorm together and come up with a long sample
list of the very many and various kinds of shows that can be produced
once we have a real and well-funded public access staff, equipment, and
facilities -- especially for the youth of our city, inclusive of, and
adequate to, all of their different age groups.

We can together wisely and creatively come up with more and more types
of shows in order to lure our treasured youth off the streets and away
from gangs, crime, and drugs -- a great variety of shows -- to help
educate them and to give them hope, opportunity, and creative activity
in a great many ways.

The Mayor, the City Council, the Board of Estimates, and Comcast,
should, quote, "BELIEVE" in all this and see to it that it gets funded
and put into action -- no matter where the money comes from.

Thanks for listening and considering these ideas.