Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Another Contentious ECP Meeting

I wasn't at last night's ECP meeting, but from the sounds of it, it was typical; Coleen having to defend herself and Tim about why they continue to not be forthcoming with documents and information.

According to this article in the Tribune, Coleen was taken to task for not revealing the credit rating SME was given by Standard's & Poor. (On Oct. 10, the Tribune published that SME was given a BBB rating, which is one step above junk bond status). According to her, this rating was discussed at board meetings. Yes, it was "discussed", even at a City Commission meeting, but the most important part was never revealed, at least not to the public. She claims this is "a good rating to get for a start-up company". If so, why was it kept such a secret?

There also was a letter (page 37 of 85) dated Sept. 30 from the US Department of the Interior reiterating their criticism of building a power plant adjacent to the Great Falls Portage National Historic Landmark and the Lewis and Clark National Trail. Coleen claimed it's all based on perspective and that "some of it is incorrect". As usual, she did not elaborate on what was incorrect.

If this project is so fantastic,why do she and Tim continue to work so hard to keep everything about it so secret?

If you attended last night's meeting, feel free to tell us about it.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well... now that the vote has come in... the first order of business is to fire Balzarini. Especially given the report that's coming out later this month.

Anonymous said...

Dona and John, don't leave tome without leaving a forwarding address. We don't have the funds to pay for process servers to hunt you down.

DC Watcher said...

It 'is' what is 'is' as the executive director likes to say...

Anonymous said...

In order to take care of the Balzarini situation we need an on-board city manager. Where has this guy been the past year?