TechDirt reports that the Federal Communiications Commission's Broadband Deployment Advisory Council keeps losing members, with those resigning say the council is only meant to parrot industry views. "It has become abundantly clear that despite the good intentions of several participants, the industry-heavy makeup of BDAC will simply relegate the body to being a vehicle for advancing the interests of the telecommunications industry over those of the public," said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his resignation letter in in January. The apparent goal is to create a set of rules that will provide industry with easy access to publicly-funded infrastructure at taxpayer subsidized rates, without any obligation to provide broadband access to underserved residents." New York City CTO Miguel Gamiño Jr. is the latest to step down, saying, "It is clear that despite good faith efforts by both the staff and members involved, the membership structure and meeting format of the BDAC has skewed the drafting of the proposed recommendations towards industry priorities without regard for a true public-private partnership."