Politics
Timing of loan payback at SEC questioned
Submitted by Harlan Lee on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 08:41.Socorro Electric Coop general manager Polo Pineda and SEC employee Kathy Torres were terminated for taking dubious loans from SEC funds. They did, however, attempt to pay back the loans. Some believe the timing of the payback was suspicious.
"Financial irregularities" at Socorro Electric Coop?
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 11:17.The Socorro Electric Coop's board met for a special session on Friday to discuss legal and personnel issues, after which the board released a statement about possible "financial irregularities" at the Coop. The plot thickens.
How to respond to the SEC lawsuit
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 22:53.You are being sued by your own electric cooperative. Here's how to respond.
Socorro Electric Coop board meets, backpedals
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:03.Wednesday evening's Socorro Electric Coop board meeting went forward with a public audience, for the first time ever, and after a closed executive session, the board's president expressed his desire to withdraw the lawsuit, but recognized that will probably not be possible.
Technological culture has been all mouth, no ears
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 08:17.The Pencil Warrior weighs in on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the political climate which made it inevitable that such a disaster would occur.
Elites abuse information sources to advance deficit panic
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 22:55.How does the media contribute to spinning stories, such as the current drumbeat to reduce the federal budget deficit? The Pencil Warrior explains.
So we are being sued
Submitted by Charlene Wagner on Sun, 07/18/2010 - 00:45.The Socorro Electric Coop's board is suing its customers. We have just a few weeks to respond to the lawsuit or lose by default. What now?
Socorro Electric Coop board shoots themselves in the foot
Submitted by Harlan Lee on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 22:46.Just when you thought the SEC's board could not get any worse, its attorney, Dennis Francish, has decided that they should sue the members. Sheesh.
So, about that deficit...
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 21:43.Funny how all of a sudden deficits matter. The Pencil Warrior asks: where were these folks when we were racking up trillion dollar wars on the nation's credit card?
This Rogue Elephant Needs Neutering - at Least
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 01:23.Is there an elephant in the room with regards to the Gulf oil spill? The Pencil Warrior thinks so...
