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June 28, 2009 - 10:10 pm
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Allegheny Council Human Relations Ordinance

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

Curious email/text message floating around (don't know if you've received it yet). Here's the text I got:
Onorato. 4123506500. Remove language from Human Relations ordinance that allows orgs that get County funding to discriminate. 100 calls on Mo
A bit too cryptic for me, but then again I am middle-aged, balding and paunchy - I know I'm no Helmholtz Watson, but I fear I am actually Bernard Marx - (and a brave new donut to you if you get the literary reference). It took me a few minutes to figure out the text message was from Sue Kerr over at Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents.

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May 15, 2009 - 02:22 pm
NEWS FEED: Policy Blog

High Costs of State Regulated Electricity

By noreply@blogger.com (Commonwealth Foundation)

Like many states, Montana experimented with restructured electricity markets. However, at the bidding of Public Service Commissioner Ken Toole, the state re-regulated the industry. Now, the Commission is expected to approve the construction of a new natural gas power plant, despite the fact that it will increase electricity rates by up to $50 per year for the average homeowner. The Commission did not accept competing bids, which might have provided a lower cost to consumers.

Admitting that the power is more expensive than market prices, the commissioners believe it is still better to have a regulated industry. According to Toole:
This is what all of our decisions are like.

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