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Using power to tax to directly compete with private investments is a slippery slope and rightly deserves a day in court.

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You say that like it's unprecedented. That's basically any government spending program that isn't cash payments.

No, the municipality agreed to terms with internet provider which included no tax financed competition. Then some politician needs to get elected and sells the public on a not possible idea of muni internet.

Sort of like Biden canceling student debt by executive order when the constitution says congress has the power of the purse. You can assign the blame to Biden, Republican AGs, the Supreme Court, or the authors of the constitution. Doesn’t make much difference, so long as the issue is correctly understood. A day in court makes sense.

> No, the municipality agreed to terms with internet provider which included no tax financed competition.

There was a contract between every municipality and ISP with an explicit term that the municipality couldn't finance a competitor? That seems unlikely.

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