COMMENTARY
“That one sentence sounds more like FPL propaganda that anything the Press Journal has served up to date. The Press Journal’s FPL-frendly spin on the power sale story may not be getting much play, though. After a full day, only 11 readers hard participates in an online poll imbedded in the newspaper’s editorial.”
MARK SCHUMANN
Sounding like a public relations team working for Florida Power & Light, the Scripps Press Journal editorial board today sided with the Indian River Shores Town Council in its lawsuit against Vero Beach. The Shores contends the only acceptable measure of whether electric rates are reasonable is if they are “comparable to those offered by Florida Power & Light.”
Never mind, of course, that FPL is a major Scripps advertiser, or that Scripps Publisher, Bob Brunjes, is married to a key FPL vice president. And never mind that millions of electric customers across the state pay rates higher than FPL and higher than Vero Electric.
Resting on exceedingly simplistic logic, the Press Journal editorial board argues the Shores’ lawsuit is “a compelling case that merits redress.”
Clearly uninformed about the complexities of Vero Beach’s contractual obligations to the Florida Municipal Power Agency and its bondholders, Scripps’ “legal eagles” wrote, “It just may take a lawsuit by the town against the city for the city to take a more aggressive posture with FMPA – the most unreasonable, baddest bad guy in this scenario.”
That one sentence sounds more like FPL propaganda that anything the Press Journal has served up to date. The Press Journal’s FPL-frendly spin on the power sale story may not be getting much play, though. After a full day, only 11 readers hard participates in an online poll imbedded in the newspaper’s editorial.
Revealing its libertarian, Tea Party leanings, the Press Journal editorial board went on to assert “a utility authority will become another bureaucracy.”
For a different perspective on the merits of a utility authority, watch this 9 minute interview with Vero Beach Mayor Richard Winger: Winger Interview – Power Sale, Utility Authority
Indian River Guardian 
Totally expected given the Brunjes, Brunjes connection, Who do they think they are kidding? The big shock came when Pilar Turner sided with Indian River Shores in their lawsuit against Vero. Who was she elected to represent? The only way for Wilson, Turner or Howle can get elected is to concoct a new electric sale issue. The FMPA and OUC killed the sale and nothing the PJ three can do is going to change this situation. What the Turner and Howle will not discuss is their determination to sell our cemetery and Water&Sewer system. Wilson and Turner will not discuss their support of Tracy Carroll with all of her short term rental homes. Turner did not want to go to court to fight short term rentals and Wilson worked very hard to get Carroll re-elected. In closing, the sale is dead, move on.
Was Charlie Wilson fired from his job at the radio station, and if this is true ,Why ?