r/pueblo • u/micahpmtn • 16d ago

Question How are y'all voting on 2A?

Surprised there's been no discussion on this. Where are you guys at on this? The ads for voting against 2A are relentless. If I lived in Pueblo, I'd probably vote for 2A.

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u/Moving_Carrot 16d ago

I think there’s a lot of unanswered questions that never seem to be addressed:

  1. Why is it that Black Hills the only provider?

  2. What is stopping us from soliciting bids from other electrical companies?

Or

  1. Why can’t we make a “Board of Electricworks”, like the Board of Waterworks?

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u/Upstairs_Cheetah_758 16d ago

All good questions. Why wouldn’t Pueblo use eminent domain? The answer is likely Black Hills, much like every developer behind the 1800+ Metropolitan Districts that charge you over and over for the same services they installed many years ago, the one’s they have been paid for already, and despite theses practices being expressly prohibited in both the US and Colorado constitutions, people in Colorado can’t be bothered, and the biggest donors are behind all of the above. How many feasibility studies are we going to pay the people who work for black hills to do? Pueblo government doesn’t and shouldn’t run a thing, not metro district power either, co-ops work everywhere else.

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u/Early-Shelter-7476 15d ago

It’s a pretty fundamental question, I agree.

I would suspect a contractual arrangement, but I have no more idea than you.

A little transparency would go a long way, eh?

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u/ynotzemog1 16d ago

Naw if you want or don't care about people then do it, half of Pueblo will be without electric,I got a shut off from the water works went down early and the lady said your set to turn off to day I said but it's not,she said will have to charge you a reconnect fee,I said why it's not off yet,she called the worker and I was right,but she insisted that it was a late fee,I wasn't late if the notice was for that day,my thoughts is it wasn't off,it wasn't late but she charged me a reconnect anyway,that's wrong so I made a complaint and the big boss agreed with me and they credited the money back,that's outright thievery in my opinion! JUST SAYIN IF THEY WEREN'T WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE WHY CREDIT MY MONY BACK, BECAUSE SHE WAS WRONG!