Call it corporate democratic, corporate socialistic or greedy. The bottom line is that people who already have vaults of cash want to take more from energy consumers. And, to be sure, no corporate individual will be blamed for causing the crisis. When Randall Wooten, Long Beach City College vice president of administrative services, announced at the Tuesday, Jan. 16 board of trustees meeting that he did not intend to pay an excess electricity bill sent by Edison, he stood up for all energy consumers. Wooten said that when the college was asked to power-down during the Fall semester finals week, the Edison building was lit up with Christmas lights and the football field at Edison Field in Anaheim was lit up to support a high school football game.
Somebody wants to go shopping with our money.
Wooten said Edison threatened to pull the electrical plug on the college if the bill is not paid. The Edison decision-makers could, at least, look past their crises and see the one they will bring to the college when they carry out that threat. Lawmakers should take notice. It should be illegal for a utility company to trap the school for the purpose of avoiding bankruptcy. Not in the court of public opinion.