First the good stuff (link) (sort of like "Puff the Magic Dragon): One would think that these hard-working public servants are busy saving the earth. After all, they are building a supplier-aggregator of sustainable, renewable power. After that it gets tricky. Sustainable Westchester is the default electric provider for most cities and towns in Westchester County, a suburban county of New York City. Customers can opt out Spoiler (spoiler alert we have) but others are "voluntarily" paying more for electricity, for the benefit of the earth. It gets trickier. Noah Bramson, a former mayor of New Rochelle, is now on Sustainable Westchester's board. He voted, as a member of New Rochelle's legislative body, to sign New Rochelle up, shortly before his term as mayor ended. He did not disclose that he had a "volunteer" position with Sustainable Westchester. And Bramson now has a $185,000 a year salary as a board member of Sustainable Westchester. The current City Manager, who runs the day to day operations of the city, just nullified the contract on ethics ground. Her contract as manager was abruptly terminated by an allegedly "forced" resignation, see New Rochelle NY city manager Kathleen Gill resigns after 16 months. Bare-knuckles politics at least, fraud at worst, all in service of saving the earth from "climate change."
