{"id":1147,"date":"2012-01-27T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/coal-emcs-no-budget-for-this-boondoogle-katherine-helms-cummings.html"},"modified":"2012-01-27T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:09:24","slug":"coal-emcs-no-budget-for-this-boondoogle-katherine-helms-cummings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/coal-emcs-no-budget-for-this-boondoogle-katherine-helms-cummings.html","title":{"rendered":"Coal EMCs: no budget for this boondoogle &mdash;Katherine Helms Cummings"},"content":{"rendered":"Received yesterday on\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/01\/coal-plants-washington-and-ben-hill-not-quite-dead-yet-.html?cid=6a0120a58214e4970b0168e6239d88970c#comment-6a0120a58214e4970b0168e6239d88970c\">\nCoal Plants Washington and Ben Hill not quite dead yet<\/a>. -jsq\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ruralandprogressive.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/is-washington-emc-winging-it-on-plant.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Em12uQrGFuk\/TwcmdiQv4-I\/AAAAAAAAAYU\/iyNsxDABrHA\/s220\/KHC%2Bsmall%2Bheadshot.jpg\"><\/a>\nI asked Washington EMC Chair Mike McCoy today after their monthly board\nmeeting what their budget is for 2012 and this boondoggle. They haven&#8217;t\ngot a budget. They are meeting next week with the four remaining co-ops\n(assuming some don&#8217;t peel off before then) and they will work on a\nbudget then.\n<p>\nYou can check my blog out for more of the hair raising and mind boggling\ndetails of what they are doing in the &#8220;best interests&#8221; of the owner\nmembers and community.\n<p>\n-Katherine Helms Cummings\n<\/blockquote>\nOn her blog,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ruralandprogressive.blogspot.com\/\">\nRural and Progressive<\/a>,\nshe posted yesterday\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ruralandprogressive.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/is-washington-emc-winging-it-on-plant.html\">\nIs Washington EMC &#8220;winging it&#8221; on Plant Washington finances?<\/a>\nand today\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ruralandprogressive.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/wemc-board-member-supports-forensic.html\">\nWEMC Board Member supports forensic audit<\/a>.\nVery interesting.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received yesterday on Coal Plants Washington and Ben Hill not quite dead yet. -jsq I asked Washington EMC Chair Mike McCoy today after their monthly board meeting what their budget is for 2012 and this boondoggle. 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