<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thought some of you might be interested in this from today's NY Times.<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.133em; "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/us/govern-yourselves-state-lawmakers-tell-cities-but-not-too-much.html?ref=todayspaper" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; ">States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest</a></h3><h6 class="byline" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">By SHAILA DEWAN<span class="timestamp" data-eastern-timestamp="12:38 PM" data-utc-timestamp="1424713102000" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal !important; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(168, 24, 23); "></span></h6><p class="summary" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; ">So-called pre-emption laws, passed in states across the country, have stopped cities from regulating landlords, building municipal broadband systems and raising the minimum wage.</p></span></div></body></html>