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A self-described coalition of public and private entities announced the creation Monday of the Coalition for Local Internet Choice. The group described its mission in a blog post (http://bit.ly/1kYqCOx) as seeking “to protect the rights of local communities to determine…

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their economic futures by having the right and opportunity to choose for themselves the best broadband internet infrastructure for their businesses, institutions and residents.” Identified as members were Joanne Hovis, a NATOA board member and consultant who specializes in planning public and nonprofit broadband projects; Jim Baller of Baller Herbst, which has done work on behalf of municipal broadband projects; Chris Mitchell, director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and Catharine Rice, president of the SouthEast Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, an NATOA chapter.