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The tea party in NC: taxing North Carolina with both hands, the chemicals used in FRAC and how social media handled the news
Raleigh, NC—it amazes me how much and how often history has a way of repeating itself. If you tell a lie big enough, and if you tell it long enough, people will begin to believe. The tea party led Republicans certainly know this to be true. For the last four years, Republicans have campaigned on…
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ElectriCities: In The News—News Briefs
As a convience, I’v grouped all of the ElectriCities material together so you can sort through the articles. BRIEF: NEW BILLBOARDS TMCnet – 5 hours ago ElectriCities did the designs and presented them to Town Council this week and council members expressed their approval. "They have to be able to draw the … No electricity…
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What Happens When A City Doesn’t Budget Enough For Your Electric Utilities
From Washington NC, here is a great article about what can happen when a city doesn’t budget enough to maintain it’s electric system. I’m retelling this story primarily for two reasons: I live in Rocky Mount (and glad we don’t have this problem) secondly, to illustrate that fact that there is more to a public…
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The Real Story Behind Deregulation and Why Your Utility Bill Is Higher
News & Observer, The (includes Chapel Hill News) (Raleigh, NC)The News & Observer July 15, 2001 Article Text: Betty Lou Baker isn’t responsible for the decisions by Lumberton and 50 other North Carolina cities and towns to buy overpriced nuclear power plants. But she and 735,000 other people are paying for those choices. Baker buys…
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Wilson to vote on Utility Cut by 5%
Source: The Wilson Daily Times)By Rochelle Moore, The Wilson Daily Times, N.C. Jun. 5–Wilson Energy customers will get some relief with a 5 percent decrease in the electric rate. City Manager Grant Goings recommended the decrease to the Wilson City Council Friday that will go into effect in 10 days, if the council agrees. "We…
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Wilson Councilman wants to dismantle ElectriCities. But, would you be better off to dismantle the Wilson City Council? Well, Yes & No…Here’s Why…
I’ve posted the entire article below because most of the people I know can’t afford to pay the $30/month for the Wilson Times online access. –I’ve got my own issues with charging for online content, but that’s another story. After reading the article, here’s my input that I think in noteworthy. You may not like…
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What the Rocky Mount City Council Can Do NOW to Reduce Utility Rates? My Plan: Charge the Wholesale Rate to those in poverty.
Is there anything the Rocky Mount City Council can do NOW to reduce the utility rates for our ratepayers? Yes, I say start with the ratepayers most in need of help. Only charge the wholesale rate to households close to the Federal Poverty Line. There are some things that each and every city council can…
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Western Half of North Carolina are getting fighting mad that electric rates are going up…well, Welcome to the Club friends.
Funny I didn’t see a hell of a lot of chanting from them when our rates hit the roof over here in in eastern NC. Maybe that’s because there has always been the perception of “we know how to manage our stuff better with nuclear.” At least that what one NC Rep told me 2…
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What to do When a Politician uses Talking Points and has no idea what the Hell he’s talking about.
Warning: This posts contains the truth. The problem with truth is that most people don’t really want to hear it. It’s much easier to be spoon-fed crap thinking it’s chocolate ice cream. Read at your own risk, you may develop knowledge: something NO ONE can ever take away. ———– I’ve been an advocate for lower…
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SEC Officials Surfing Porn During Financial Crisis, Report Finds—From ABC NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the sheriff of the financial industry, looking for crimes such as Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, but a new government report has concluded that some senior employees spent hours on the agency’s computers looking at sites such as naughty.com, skankwire and youporn as the financial crisis was unfolding. A new…
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