Blake
02-09-2012, 09:24 PM
SAN ANTONIO -- CPS Energy got approval last year to begin raising your rates after complaining it was strapped for cash. What the city-owned utility failed to mention at the time is that it uses some of your hard earned money to pay for lavish meals and parties.
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“I can't see a one-time expense for $7,000 for a party. When you know sometimes I’m eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at night,” complained Johnson.
They certainly weren't eating peanut butter at the going away party for board member Steve Hennigan last February. The bill at Bohanan's included $991 for snapper and $743 for ribeye steaks. And the alcohol was flowing - Gray Goose, Crown, Freemark and champagne - the bar tab was more than $2,000. Also, more than $1,100 was charged to CPS Energy for people who didn't show up after the utility told the restaurant how many they expected to attend, and valet parking was $160. The grand total to the ratepayers came out to $7,074.
But it's not only board members who get a pricey send off. Last February, a vice president retired and his last supper included five other top execs and their wives at Bistro Vatel in Olmos Park. You paid for everything, from steak to duck, and $540 for four bottles of fine wine. Total tab wound up being $1,659.
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http://www.woai.com/content/blogs/briancollister/story/43-000-Party-More-lavish-spending-by-CPS-Energy/B5ffSTIGc0yjsnR2GLtBug.cspx
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“I can't see a one-time expense for $7,000 for a party. When you know sometimes I’m eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at night,” complained Johnson.
They certainly weren't eating peanut butter at the going away party for board member Steve Hennigan last February. The bill at Bohanan's included $991 for snapper and $743 for ribeye steaks. And the alcohol was flowing - Gray Goose, Crown, Freemark and champagne - the bar tab was more than $2,000. Also, more than $1,100 was charged to CPS Energy for people who didn't show up after the utility told the restaurant how many they expected to attend, and valet parking was $160. The grand total to the ratepayers came out to $7,074.
But it's not only board members who get a pricey send off. Last February, a vice president retired and his last supper included five other top execs and their wives at Bistro Vatel in Olmos Park. You paid for everything, from steak to duck, and $540 for four bottles of fine wine. Total tab wound up being $1,659.
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http://www.woai.com/content/blogs/briancollister/story/43-000-Party-More-lavish-spending-by-CPS-Energy/B5ffSTIGc0yjsnR2GLtBug.cspx
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