CPS Sends Cutoff Notice to Over 1,000 San Antonio Soldiers(Electric Bill)

RamboLiberal

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Thu Jun-15-06 01:24 PM
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CPS Sends Cutoff Notice to Over 1,000 San Antonio Soldiers(Electric Bill)

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=71830392-DEEB-4814-B964-991B31A3954E

Fort Sam Houston has received 1,300 utility service termination notices for delinquent bill payments, which officials blamed on a major budget shortfall.

CPS Energy warned commanders at the post to pay $4.2 million by Wednesday or risk losing power. The post is three months behind on its bills, but both Army and utility officials said the two parties were talking and no cutoff was imminent.

"Who would imagine us not paying our bill?" said Col. Wendy Martinson, Fort Sam Houston's garrison commander. "I worry about it. I can't sleep at night."

The post, which trains medics, faces a $26 million budget shortfall this year - a problem that officials said is symptomatic of the financial woes facing posts worldwide.

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wakeme2008

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Thu Jun-15-06 01:29 PM
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1. and how much is the military getting a year

shiiiiittt..

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RamboLiberal

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Thu Jun-15-06 01:31 PM
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2. Damn money is going down the blackhole of Halliburton

KB&R, friggin mercenaries and contractors, etc.

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Roland99

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Thu Jun-15-06 02:40 PM
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6. Over $1 trillion. And where's that $3 trillion Rummy can't account for?

Funding some secret nuclear missiles in space?

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Systematic Chaos

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Thu Jun-15-06 01:37 PM
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3. I hope Malloy locks onto this one tonight.

:grr:

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Ilsa

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Thu Jun-15-06 10:43 PM
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9. He's ripping into alot of financial stuff. Did you send him the link?

I think Kathy goes through alot of that stuff at the malloyproducer email addy.

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ThomCat

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Thu Jun-15-06 01:39 PM
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4. We keep throwing billions at the Pentagon

and they can't pay the utilities on base? :wtf:

We should not be shoveling money at Halliburton. Cut them off and use that money within the military!

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aquart

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Thu Jun-15-06 02:38 PM
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5. Tell Halliburton to make a patriotic donation.

We can't pay for electricity on our posts but we can invade Iran?

HOW?

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Gman

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Thu Jun-15-06 05:54 PM
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7. City Public Service has been servicing Fort Sam Houston since

electric lines were first strung for indoor and outdoor lighting in San Antonio. I'm willing to bet Fort Sam has never, ever once been behind in its payments. If there was some kind of delay like what a budget not being passed in October, I'm sure CPS never batted an eye knowing full well the United States Army is good for it.

Not no more.

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nealmhughes

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Thu Jun-15-06 10:41 PM
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8. "The post which trains medics...faces a $26 million budget shortfall..."

WTF?
Ask Cadaveroff for some. His FEMA seems to just throw money out like it was Moon Pies at Mardi Gras.

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Ilsa

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Thu Jun-15-06 10:44 PM
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10. MAybe the same San Antonio Hooters that rebated the cost of

the Dom Perignon champagne charged by FEMA will help out for a little more free advertising by the MSM.

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OneBlueSky

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Fri Jun-16-06 01:42 AM
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11. $4.2 million . . . how many hours of the war does that cover? . . . n/t

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Javaman

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Fri Jun-16-06 09:53 AM
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12. I wish someone with guts would stand in the senate and yell

Edited on Fri Jun-16-06 10:30 AM by Javaman

"what the fuck is going on in this country???" We vote for massive military spending bills yet the military can't pay it's electric bills????

What the fuck is going the fuck on??? These fucking pigs, these lousy fucking pigs they should all go to hell, every last one of them.

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UpInArms

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Fri Jun-16-06 10:04 AM
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13. Didn't the fall of Rome really escalate when it could not pay its

military?

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