LETTER: Save $300,000

To the Editor,
Open letter to everyone who uses electricity. As we approach the Co-Op meeting this Saturday night, I think everybody needs to take the time to attend. This is a very rare opportunity to put real democracy into practice. If you pay a Co-Op bill you are an owner and have the right to vote. The big thing about this vote is that you have the opportunity to cut your electric bill by about $300,000.00. That should get everyone's attention.
Can you remember any time in your life when you had the chance to cut away over half of your government's spending on itself? Well, folks, that is what you get Saturday night at Finley Gym. There is an amendment to cut the number of trustees from 11 to 5. That is where the $300,000.00 comes into play. Think about it, when was the last time you called your Co-Op trustee. For that matter do you even know who it is or what purpose they serve? I don't. I do know that Socorro makes the front page of the Journal as the highest paid Co-Op board in the state! Forgetting, (if you can) that we end up sending them on vacations for 'meetings' and providing them with insurance benefits, why would we ever need 11 of them?
This meeting may be crowded (I hope so) and it may be inconvenient, but this is the time to strike a blow for freedom from waste. Give the money to the workers if you want but let's cut the pork. Go to the meeting, let your voice be heard. Create some real change!

Rick Coddington
Socorro

LETTER: Save $300,000