A mistake was pointed out to me today:
@gpstberg Did you intentionally switch the pictures for Lake & Koopman or do you really not know who they are?
— Steve (Dogiakos) Dee (@snachodog) April 20, 2015
What Steve is pointing out to me is the ol’ switcheroo I mistakenly did for the following image on my April 7 post called Montana Political Offices Up for Grabs in 2016:
Seems I got Bob Lake and Roger Koopman mixed up…and it should be like this:
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You know, I have no idea who these guys are…no idea at all. In that regard, I think I’m like most Montanans. When I first had that thought this morning, I figured this was bad for these two Republicans. That’s why I left the following comment on my own post:
I make mistakes just about everyday, and that’s why I’m so smart – I learn a lot! In regard to the 2016 Montana PSC races, low-information and lack of knowledge about candidates will be good for the GOP. Both Koopman and Lake will benefit from Montanans not knowing who they are. If they can have an ‘R’ behind their name, all the better.
This is terrible for Montana Democrats, and we really need to come up with a plan to conquer this. I’d start by highlighting how terrible Montana utilities make our lives.
This is terrible for Montana Democrats, and we really need to come up with a plan to conquer this. I’d start by highlighting how terrible Montana utilities make our lives.
There was a lot of talk about net metering in the legislature this year…until the Montana net metering bill was killed in the Senate very early on in January.
What the hell is net metering? It’s a system that solar panel users can take advantage of to sell their excess power back into the grid. In other words, it helps you and I not at all. I mean…I’m not rich…are you? I don’t have a home and I sure as shit don’t have solar panels to put on my apartment! So this is just a waste of my time…a detractor issue from what’s really important, and that’s time of use.
What if you could run your washing machine at night and cut the cost by 50% or more? I bet you’d do it, huh? That’s time of use…and we’re not even talking about it!
Bob Lake and Roger Koopman love this. When we don’t talk about this, utility companies are happy. When utility companies are happy, they give lots of campaign contributions to people that are running for the PSC in 2016, men like Bob Lake and Roger Koopman.
How does that help you and I? It doesn’t, plain and simple. Both those men want to keep your power bill where it’s at. They could enact policies tomorrow that would pave the way for your power bill to go down by 50% by this time next year, but they don’t want to. Why? Because the Montana utilities pay them not to.
That’s corruption, but we just call it campaign contributions. Montana Democrats need to take that shit and smear it right in the face of these two men, and they need to start doing that now.
Welcome to 2016, gentlemen.
What the hell is net metering? It’s a system that solar panel users can take advantage of to sell their excess power back into the grid. In other words, it helps you and I not at all. I mean…I’m not rich…are you? I don’t have a home and I sure as shit don’t have solar panels to put on my apartment! So this is just a waste of my time…a detractor issue from what’s really important, and that’s time of use.
What if you could run your washing machine at night and cut the cost by 50% or more? I bet you’d do it, huh? That’s time of use…and we’re not even talking about it!
Bob Lake and Roger Koopman love this. When we don’t talk about this, utility companies are happy. When utility companies are happy, they give lots of campaign contributions to people that are running for the PSC in 2016, men like Bob Lake and Roger Koopman.
How does that help you and I? It doesn’t, plain and simple. Both those men want to keep your power bill where it’s at. They could enact policies tomorrow that would pave the way for your power bill to go down by 50% by this time next year, but they don’t want to. Why? Because the Montana utilities pay them not to.
That’s corruption, but we just call it campaign contributions. Montana Democrats need to take that shit and smear it right in the face of these two men, and they need to start doing that now.
Welcome to 2016, gentlemen.
Roger Koopman, Montana
Bob Lake, Montana
