John L.
Columbus

To: Time Warner Columbus (sales@twcol.com)

Main Office
Time Warner Cable
1266 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43215

Please Forward To:

Lynn M. Yaeger
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Time Warner Cable

Dear Sir or Ms,

I am writing to inform you that yesterday morning I drove down to your Columbus office on Dublin Road, turned in my roadrunner equipment and terminated my services with Time Warner of Columbus.

First, let me say that yesterday's cancellation was of my individual home cable and internet account. My account number was XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for your reference. My termination of business with your company, however, is more
extensive, as I have a side business designing and installing corporate networks. My clients range from small outsourcing companies in the Ohio and Pennsylvania region to hotels in the Southeastern Ohio area. Previously I had strongly recommended your company's "Road Runner Business Class" service to those clients. From this point on your company will be presented on a list, but given no special notice.

The events that lead to my actions are somewhat complicated. I have always been pleased with Time Warner's service. Even when there were errors (with billing or with technical service) they were corrected to my satisfaction in a prompt and professional manner. A few months ago I noticed one of your company's offices on a "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list published by Ohioans for Concealed Carry. See here. Having had a good relationship with Time Warner in the past, I did not take much notice, especially since I had never visited that office.

Yesterday morning, however, I was driving by your Dublin Road office and decided to pull in to ask a question about my cable service. I was no further than 10 feet on your property when I noticed your sign stating "no concealed carry firearms on this property." Dutifully, I put my vehicle in reverse and backed onto Dublin Road so as not to infringe on your company's right to determine who and what you desire on your property.

I returned home and called your office, spoke to a lady about what steps would be required to cancel my service and was informed that I would have to drop my equipment off at that same office. After gathering the equipment, I proceeded back, and attempted to pull into a next door parking lot to disarm before entering your lot. Unfortunately the lot I chose was also owned by
Time Warner. Eventually I was able to find a safe place to park and disarm. (To understand the legalities here, this meant I had to stop my car, get out, remove my firearm, remove my magazine, empty the magazine, place the magazine and ammo in the rear of my car, strip my firearm and place it on my front seat.)

When I arrived I was greeted by your polite employee, who took my cable modem and asked for the reason of my account termination. I pointed to the approximately 12 X 18 poster in the front window and I stated "Because of the sign right there which states no concealed carry firearms."

Your employee laughed and responded "Did you just decide that when you walked in or is that your real reason?"

I responded, "It is my real reason."

To which she stated (I believe in a bit of shock at my answer) "That is kind of stupid."

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Although not related directly to concealed carry in Ohio, the following pertains very much to the education of our youth in the shooting sports, and as such, deserves your consideration.

Members of Cincinnati's Xavier University Rifle Team have been told that the storied team, which made history by winning the university's only NCAA Championships (1996 and 1998), which has had 17 individuals earn 51 All-American honors in the past 15 years, and which has had at least three members make the U.S. Olympic Team, will be disbanded at the end of the 2004-2005 season.

The Xavier Rifle Team is one of only two collegiate rifle teams to have placed in the top five nationally in each of the past five years.

Concerned alumni, parents and team members have launched a website, which is dedicated to the team's preservation. To get more information, to read the various excuses Xavier officials have offered, etc., please visit http://www.savexurifle.org/ today!

Meanwhile, elsewhere in America…
Arizona Law Offers Gun-Safety Elective to High School Students

The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that the heir to an anti-gun shopping mall chain is busy self-financing her (next) campaign for U.S. Congress.

From the story:

She doesn't hold a congressional seat and can't run for one until next year, but Capri Cafaro's political campaign spent more money during the first three months of this year than any U.S. House member who represents the Mahoning and Shenango valleys.
Through March 31, Cafaro, a millionaire shopping heiress, spent $91,314 as she prepares for a 2006 rematch with U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette, a Concord Republican who represents the 14th Congressional District.

Cafaro's most recent report filed with the Federal Election Commission for the first quarter shows she loaned $94,551 to her campaign preparing for the 2006 election, or 97 percent of her campaign's total revenue during that period.

Most of that money went to media and field consulting, for legal and accounting services, and to pay the salaries of 11 campaign staff members.

Cafaro had $7,630 on hand as of March 31. A Liberty native, she lists a Chagrin Falls address on her most recent FEC financial report.

LaTourette beat Cafaro, a Democrat, by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in last year's general election, the most expensive U.S. House race in Ohio.

During that campaign, Cafaro raised $1.98 million, including $1.74 million of her own money, spending nearly all of it. She also accumulated $2.05 million in debt, about half of it owed to herself.

The 14th District includes all or parts of seven northeast Ohio counties.

While the OFCC PAC does not make endorsements in races for national offices, any campaign by Ms. Cafaro should draw the attention of every law-abiding, self-defense supporter in northeast Ohio.

Why?

Because in her failed 2004 campaign, Capri Cafaro emulated John Kerry in trying to pretend she is pro-gun. Because Cafaro's campaign funding comes from her family's shopping center empire. And because those shopping centers were all posted with "no-guns" signs following passage of Ohio's new concealed carry law.

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