WITH a myriad of channels to select from - the Indianapolis Athletic Club is currently offering the Bolton players a choice of 63 - the television accent is on quantity rather than quality in this Midwest city.

You have to say it is hardly inspiring stuff they have on offer, even worse when you come across the Government Channel.

I can't say it lends itself to gripping entertainment. But it makes you think, when you stumble over a meeting of the eight-member committee of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board, that here - in the land where freedom of information is regarded as a right and not a privilege - residents at least have have the benefit of seeing their elected representatives making the decisions that affect their day to day lives.

Eat your heart out people of Bolton!