UPDATED: Copeland & McDowell’s “Highly Paid Hitman” Randall Speck Comes Up Short
Mascitti is currently on the hitman Randall Speck. Now would be a good time for people to call and ask if an ETHICS complaint against McDowell and Copeland is in order at this point. ON AIR: 302 478 9335
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McDowell & Copeland had hoped that hired gun, Randall Speck would put a bullet in the head of the Blue Water Wind project quickly and cleanly killing off this nuisance. After four hours of trying, Speck’s gun clicked a few times – but he did not turn out to be the cold-bloodedly efficient hitman that Copeland and McDowell hoped he would be.
This NJ coverage by Aaron Nathans is okay, but leaves some important questions unanswered.
1) McDowell is paying Speck, but with where is money coming from? Are my tax dollars funding his six figure hitman fee for this botched job? Is Delmarva Power funding this attempted execution?
2) Having failed to put a bullet in Arnetta McRae and the PSC’s noggin – was the four hour grilling a “plan B” attempt to create a record to be used in the pending Delmarva Power case (#07A-06004THG)? If so, why are McDowell and Copeland funding this ?
There are still a great many questions to answer about this brazen execution attempt. But one thing is beyond a doubt:
Copeland and McDowell are flat out in the employ of Delmarva Power and need to be removed from office by being voted out OR by being ejected on ethics charges.
My preference, after this turn of events, would be to see them led off in handcuffs.
Wind power contract scrutinized
Hearing puts PSC in the familiar position of defending the Bluewater Wind initiative
By AARON NATHANS, The News Journal
There was no jury, no bailiff, no hand on the Bible. But the process that led to an offshore wind power contract appeared to be on trial at Legislative Hall on Wednesday.
A Washington-based attorney spent more than two hours grilling representatives of the Public Service Commission and its staff on the path that led to an offshore wind contract.
Four state agencies, including the PSC, ordered the creation of a 25-year contract for Delmarva Power to buy offshore wind power from Bluewater Wind. The agencies were responding to a legislative directive to seek new sources of in-state generation in the wake of a 59 percent increase in the price of electricity.
First, it may be my IEcrap.crap, but this post morphed into your BBC post. When I clicked on the blog-post link, the font for comments makes me think this is the big-print edition for sight-impaired people.
More importantly, I have had no time to catch up, but what’s the (deceptive) deal of the new Delarve ad stating BWW will cost consumers $50mil per year for 25 years?!?!
Seriously, maybe it’s time to go solar. I want BWW, but my pessimism (thanks to Stockbridge and his minions) is starting to streak. The thought of making Delarve pay ME for excess production from solar is [x-rated].
Know what, J? It’s all italicized. I’m thinking you have a dangling ital.-tag in this post and that caused the ‘morph.’
The Delmarva Power ad is a different criminal case. They include the base $40 million that rate payers are already paying for electricity.
We need to stick to one crime at a time or I’ll get confused.
Jason, when will you or Nancy or Al be discussing these on the radio?
Hopefully Al’s on it today.
If anyone calls, I’d be curious to get Al’s take on the possibility of an ethics investigation of Copeland and McDowell’s connections to Delmarva Power.
Yes, we’ll be talking about it at 10:30 today. The first hour is with Jerry Heisler, who represents the trailer park landlords; then I”ll have Alan Muller and Sen. Karen Peterson on McDowell hiring — with YOUR MONEY — this pro-dereg hitman.
Why not dereg all alternative energy sources?
If you look at my discussion about Tesla technology, maglev, cold fission and wind and solar we could be in Buck Rogers-land by now if we could get someone to let the Libertarian scientists unleash these. But special interests are keeping us in the petro-death trap.
AL- Bring that up.
Delarvae Power Caucus is the new name for Copeland, McDowell and Deluca.
Hey…there was creative mind melding for that name, pal. A true biparisan effort at that, too!
Brian: you’re welcome to call in with that. I don’t know anything about it, and it’s not really the subject here.
Al- I meant the deregulation of alternative energy sources. That is an important bulwark to make them work for the people.
I understand, but we’re talking specifically about the hearing held yesterday on BWW.
By the way, I’ll be on WDEL with Allan Loudell at 12:38 today to discuss this.
Is DPL telling people that the STATE has to chip in for Blue Water Wind! This is absolutely untrue, contact Rob Propes at Blue Water Wind at 302 731 7020 for the truth!
As to Copeland, McDowell we the people should call on the Ethics Committee to immediately investigate both these men for deception and malfeasanse of office with regard to DPL and Blue Water Wind. Perhaps you could put a petition up on the blog so all the citizens can vote?
Why dont all DPL customers change over to Washington Power, get rid of this “monopoly” so they are irrevelant.
I caught a rough transcription of the radio program today. It’s up at DE Way.
Where is Brian today! Why is anti wind power, wind bag Larimore on with tiny minded perspective? Is Larimore an expert? Don’t think so! Wonder if he has any DPL stock?
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Larrimore has admitted on air that he owns DP&L stock, so yes, he does.
Larimore a self serving opportunist. He is a real estate salesman, so how did he become the States expert on wind power!
And even though he tried to state that his real estate company have nothing to do with “Rags to Riches” preying on foreclosed Delawareans, it was interesting that he brought it up all. Notice that not one radio station have ever discussed how many citizens are loosing their homes. Guess you can’t talk about it, while accepting who knows how much ad money for the “rags to riches” bunch…disgusting!