But recently, the Public Service Commission, in a hastily called vote held at a remote golf club hours from where they normally meet, voted along party lines to kill that program just weeks before its details were to have been unveiled.
By holding this vote on short notice at a remote location, the Republican majority on the PSC showed us they knew they were doing something they needed to keep out of public view. They showed us they don’t work for the public, but for the utilities they’re supposed to regulate. They showed contempt and disrespect for their constituents and their lack of concern for our needs. If Commissioners Eric Skrmetta, Jean-Paul Coussan or Mike Francis represent you on the PSC, keep that in mind the next time one of them is on your ballot.
I also call on Commissioners Foster Campbell and Davante Lewis to obtain and make public the details of the canceled program. We paid for its development, so as taxpayers, we are entitled to know what was in it. And as voters, we are entitled to know what was in the program the Republican majority on the PSC voted to kill before it could see the light of day.
BEATRICE WINKLER
Baton Rouge
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