Community Tele-Communications, Inc. v. Heather Corp.

I respectfully dissent. Because I believe that the framers of Article X, § 1 of the Cortez City Charter and of Article XX, § 4 of the Colorado Constitution could not have intended to require a vote by the electorate before granting a cable television company the right to use the public streets, I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals. While such grants may be labeled franchises, I believe the vote requirement was intended only to apply to grants of franchises to public utilities.

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