Not Wichita, but Connecticut….<\/p>\n
It’s Thursday- Big Storm Irene came through Sunday morning, and several hundred thousand whiners who choose to live out the woods and would file a lawsuit to stop a tree next to a power line from being trimmed are still without power.<\/p>\n
Recently elected Governor Malloy had a press conference a short time ago.\u00a0 WIIC-AM in Bridgeport, which is very pro-union and left leaning, has been pounding this drum for days already – they would line up the power company managers in front of a firing squad if it was up to them…<\/p>\n
So one brave reporter did toss the Democratic governor a hot potato and asked the Governor if the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) was engaged in a deliberate work slowdown.\u00a0\u00a0 The IBEW had sent a letter to the media saying the reason for delay in restoring power was the power companies are not employing enough of their brothers… and they intended to give no ground on limits on working hours.\u00a0\u00a0 When their work day is over, they’re going home.<\/p>\n
WIIC immediately left the news conference and changed the subject to cyber bullying on the Internet.<\/p>\n
Power companies rely heavily on sharing workers from nearby power companies to get involved in line repairs.\u00a0\u00a0 Cutting of trees is mostly farmed out to independent contractors so the power guys can work on the lines where their skills are necessary.\u00a0\u00a0 I heard this morning that crews were heading this way from Wisconsin.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps they should have started them headed this way last Friday?<\/p>\n
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