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Choose candidates with no obligations

Dan Olson’s Thinking Green column prompted me to write this letter (Herald, April 16). Rather than support his candidates’ positions, he blames Christi Zeller for expressing her opinion in “his” opinion column.

Now that’s the height of hypocrisy. Maybe Olson would like to explain the expenses “his” directors have charged the members of LPEA over the last couple of years?

The opinions in this letter are my sole opinion and not that of the LPEA board.

The Herald editorial board, in its endorsement, said, “how well LPEA is run as a business is not at issue,” (April 26). Maybe the Herald should attend some LPEA board meetings before making such a bold statement.

I have served on the LPEA board well over 20 years, and never in my tenure has the board approved programs with no regard for the costs. The Herald says, “electricity is cheap.” Compared to what? Try convincing people on fixed incomes who regularly have to choose between food and electricity that electricity is cheap and it is OK to raise rates? Electricity is a necessity, not a luxury.

LPEA faces many financial challenges. It most likely will lose funding for the renewable programs that are in place. Where will that funding come from then? It seems like a good time to elect directors that have been successful and have proven they understand the financial ramifications of their decisions.

The Herald also states, “LPEA elections are not about how we got here but where we are going.” LPEA has gotten where it is by tireless work by a board of directors that worked with the employees, not against them, for more than 70 years. The directors worked for what was best for the company and all the members, not for their supporters and special-interest groups. I would like to see directors that think for themselves and vote their conscience.

I urge you to support the director from your district that has no ties or obligations to special-interest groups: Kohler McInnis (District 2), Jim Wotkyns (District 3) and Karen Barger (District 4).

Davin Montoya

Hesperus



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