I don't know that we could blame this misguided group. Their leadership sold them this philosophy of confrontation to achieve a far deal with the old merger policy. It's evidenced by the actions Pierce pursued outside the current merger policy. It's possible Pierce didn't know the policy had changed. It didn't work but the message continued to trickle down through their LEC's to the rank-n-file.

We watched the attempts down in Houston post JCBA/SLI to manufacture special deals for a select group. Fortunately, they were neutralized and for the most part this type of thinking is in the past.

Maybe this group will donate monies left after legal fees to ALPAPAC.