Yeah, Wheeler was a nice surprise, and you don’t get those coming out of Washington very often. In the long run he’s probably done as much as anyone could, and more than anyone could have hoped, to defend the freedoms of our electronic frontier. Considering that at his age he’d be more than justified whiling away his days on a beach somewhere, we should be grateful he choose instead to be one of those dying breed, a real public servant.
Hopefully President Sanders can convince him to stay on a bit longer into his first term. President Clinton is depressingly likely to appoint some crony as a favor to her Telco industry leash-holders, but here’s hoping she may discover within herself some heretofore hidden reserve of integrity and ask Wheeler to stay or at least not put a shill in charge of the FCC. If Drumpf is elected, I think we can all agree that would be the least of our problems.
