New York AG was all talk about cable refunds
THOUGH N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James in April threatened to get tough with cable TV and satellite providers who continue to whack subscribers for sports channels despite the absence of live sports, she didn’t.
But, as cable and satellite operators by now are well aware, threats by politicians are inside jokes.
Consider that the fabulously funded National Cable and Telecommunications Association lobbies politicians to act against the best interests of subscribers — with money provided by subscribers. Thus a portion of your monthly payments are used by systems to purchase sticks with which to poke you in the eye.
My email continues to load with the laments of those who not only can’t receive a refund or credit, but can’t even have their calls and emails returned.
Ken K. recently shuttered his Long Island business due to the pandemic. He’d been a L.I. Cablevision/Altice/Optimum customer for 30 years. In order to reduce overhead, he wanted to cancel some premium channels. His bill is $282 per month.
“Since April, I’ve tried calling, but they tell you to go to their website. Went to their site to try to chat, and there is no response beyond the automated questions.
“I had left my contact info when in return I received, ‘We will contact you when one of our agents are free.’
“That was weeks ago.”
Belmont Stakes, in an empty park and shorted to a 1 ¹/8 miles to put the Triple Crown in distance order, will be on NBC and SiriusXM’s Ch. 82 Saturday, a post time of 5:42. If I’m any judge of horseflesh — and I’m not, I’m the original Mush — it will include a very special entry, New York-bred Tiz the Law, the expected heavy favorite. As a 2-year-old, Manny
Franco up, Tiz the Law won the 1-mile Champagne Stakes at Belmont by 4 lengths in a trip made remarkable by his effortless, almost casual run to find daylight from the 7-hole. He was bothered by nothing, including a stumble out of the gate.
Though just a six-horse race — there was a scratch — he seemed the type not to care if it had been a land rush. For Saturday he drew the eighth slot among 10.
Tiz the Law’s 82-yearold trainer, Barclay Tagg, has seen plenty. In Tiz the Law, he regularly sees what I saw.
“He just does everything easy,” he told The Bloodhorse. “He’s just a pleasure to train, because you don’t have to do a whole lot of thinking. He just does everything easy. He never comes back out of breath. Even if he goes too fast, he’s not out of breath. He pulls up easy. He’s just a pleasure to have, that’s all there is to it.”