Higher Electric Rates

[Say NO]

When your electric bill in Wake Forest is suddenly jacked up and you are told by the illustrious town manager and mayor that it is due to coal and nuclear fuel, laugh in their face. It is going up because they SUPPORT Jesse Tilton at ElectriCities who is paid half a million dollars of your money, made a bad refinancing deal that is costing millions of dollars, did not tell anyone about the bad deal for six months, and has forced the CFO to retire to take the hit for the bad decisions. This same CEO has increased every cost, and the lobbyist Estherine Davis is in cohoots with legislators who tell Tilton to give her raises. 75 percent of her division has gone, all the people with credentials and brains gone. Two in one week a few weeks ago. So your electric bill is paying for incompetence and corruption. And Clay norris keeps on traveling and spending. Now what about Mark Williams and Vivian Jones. They like Tilton cause he buys them good dinners in Raleigh. Say NO to high power bills and NO to Wake Forest Manager and Mayor and their sleazy behavior.

[tiddlywinks]

Hmmmmm Jesse Tilton cannot send out anything about a 30-year employee - Al Conyers - but he sends out a notice about hiring someone completely unqualified, karen johnson. Interesting. I hear Estherine Davis is getting sued for harrassment and discrimination.

[hillyho]

The missing puzzle piece is why the 14 members of the ElectriCities board are not addressing these issues – Sam Noble, Tarboro Manager, chairs the group. Fred Turnage, former Rocky Mount Mayor; Bruce Rose, Wilson Mayor; Mark Williams, Wake Forest Manager; Wilson Lacy, Fayetteville Utilities Commission (this is a misnomer because Fayetteville does not have debt and is not part of the power agency and pays minimal dues yet your power agency pays him, like the other board members,$1000 a month. Figure this one out); Ron Elks, Greenville Utilities Manager; John Craft, La Grange Manager. Then, from the West, Richard Thomas, Mayor of Lexington; Stribling Boynton, High Point Manager; Jennie Stultz, Gastonia Mayor; Linda Story, Granite Falls Manager; Bill Seamone, Concord Utilities (see same comment as Wilson Lacy); Jerry Cox, retired; Bob Smith, Monroe Council.

Are some colluding with the CEO and others just plain don’t get it/understand it? Some probably do not want to go through the stress of hiring a new CEO. And, it is hard to do the right thing when someone is buying you fancy dinners and taking you on trips all the time. Because these officials get paid $1000 a month for being on the board for a three-year term, something I, and others, vehemently disagree with because it leads to what we have now – collusion and self-protection – some are bought and paid for and do not want anything to threaten this supplement to their salary. But the fact remains. Public entity. Public officials. Public accountability. The public needs to contact them.

Soaring costs, few legitimate. The Mismanagement at ElectriCities threatens the future of eastern NC. Time to stand up and say NO. Say no in your local Budget. Vote for the candidates willing to look into ElectriCities. Now is the time for all ratepayers to act. ElectriCities will not speak to these issues because they are true. Councils, Commissions – Now is the time for accountability and time to stand up and do the right thing for the future of eastern NC. We deserve it