CPS sends Cutoff Notice to over 1,000 San Antonio Soldiers

[katty]

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http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=71830392-DEEB-4814-B964-991B31A3954E

CPS Sends Cutoff Notice to Over 1,000 San Antonio Soldiers
LAST UPDATE: 6/15/2006 12:03:05 PM
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Fort Sam Houston has received 1,300 utility service termination notices for delinquent bill payments, which officials blamed on a major budget shortfall.

CPS Energy warned commanders at the post to pay $4.2 million by Wednesday or risk losing power. The post is three months behind on its bills, but both Army and utility officials said the two parties were talking and no cutoff was imminent.

"Who would imagine us not paying our bill?" said Col. Wendy Martinson, Fort Sam Houston's garrison commander. "I worry about it. I can't sleep at night."

[shain from kane]

1. Ask your Commander in Chief to print some money. n/t

[MADem]

2. They can anticipate more of THIS in future

Martinson said the supplemental funding would be a temporary fix. To deal with the budget crunch, the post has fired 100 contract workers, frozen hiring, shut off cell phones and BlackBerry devices, turned in leased cars and stopped troops from using government credit cards.

Next up, early retirements for eligible civilian workers, layoffs of nonessential personnel, cutbacks in degree of services provided, vertical cuts to some services (likely those added during the Clinton era), and increased user fees wherever they can get away with it. If the gates are guarded, it wouldn't surprise me if they close a few of them, and make people drive halfway to hell to get on and off the installation. I've seen this kind of thing happen; it's never pretty.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. And morale goes to the crapper

wait it is already there...

reach for them entrenching tools we need them

[jimshoes]

4. The same kind of thing

began happening in the old Soviet Union just before it crumbled or so I was told by an economics professor some years ago. The Soviets simply ran out of money to pay for the upkeep of their many outposts and bases and they simply closed. I can immagine that happening here after all the money has been funneled to the cronies of bushco.

[katty]

5. yup, sure did-the trolling for every nickel&dime-yr $

is only safe from the Feds pulling it out 'accidentally' from your bank accout in a mattress or better yet buried somewhere.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. convert it into actual gold