Here in Maine (as is happening in several states) a state level Net Neutrality bill is being introduced. Considering that we are at a standstill in Congress regarding Net Neutrality, Maine is one state that cares enough to try to move the issue.

We are being careful to draft it in such a way that it would be constitutional, but the worst case scenario is that we push the issue higher on the national agenda.

However, this has led to lobbyists from Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner and Verizon Wireless to contact the sponsor of the Maine bill as well as this missive that Dick Armey sent out through his astroturf group: