Statement on the LFUCG’s Media Distribution Business
Kentucky Club for Growth Executive Director Andy Hightower issued the following statement on the currently proposed ordinance to ban periodical distribution boxes and replace them with a city-managed media distribution network.
“The government wants to tax and control the way media is distributed so that the city looks a certain way in preparation for an upcoming international event. While this certainly sounds like China, it is a current proposal in Lexington.
“Lexington’s proposed ordinance will make when and where periodicals are distributed a government decision, and ban some independent publications by charging fees they cannot afford. It is wholly inappropriate for the council to ban, regulate, tax and distribute media in the city.”
