Boisean helps organize Million Muppet March

Chris Mecham doesn’t have a TV antenna or cable, so he watched the first presidential debate via live streaming video on a computer at his Boise Bench home.

Mitt Romney’s promise to end federal subsidies to PBS — despite his affection for Big Bird — ruffled Mecham’s feathers.

The 46-year-old Boise State University student grew up with “Sesame Street,” and he’s a believer in the public broadcasting’s mission to help educate young children.

“I was 2 years old the year ‘Sesame Street’ came on,” he said Sunday. “We lived in a white-and-pink trailer on the Utah State University campus, where my dad was studying mechanical engineering.”

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