Military Posts Can't Pay the Power Bills???

CPS Sends Cutoff Notice to Over 1,000 San Antonio Soldiers

Fort Sam Houston has received 1,300 utility service termination notices for delinquent bill payments, which officials blamed on a major budget shortfall.

CPS Energy warned commanders at the post to pay $4.2 million by Wednesday or risk losing power. The post is three months behind on its bills, but both Army and utility officials said the two parties were talking and no cutoff was imminent.

"Who would imagine us not paying our bill?" said Col. Wendy Martinson, Fort Sam Houston's garrison commander. "I worry about it. I can't sleep at night."

The post, which trains medics, faces a $26 million budget shortfall this year - a problem that officials said is symptomatic of the financial woes facing posts worldwide.

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This is almost unbelievable!!!! Money is so tight that our military commanders worry whether the government will pay the bills!!!

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[edit on 15-6-2006 by loam]

This is almost unbelievable!!!! Money is so tight that our military commanders worry whether the government will pay the bills!!!

This isn't shocking at all. When I was in the military, we ran out of money all the time. Every September, we would be broke. WIth no money we woudln't be able to purchase parts. Boy, did heads roll when you told the higher ups we can't fix our aircrafts because we can't buy the necessary parts to fix it. While I was in Okinawa, we had to preserve energy. They should do the same in the states.