Agent: Hello, Silicon Valley Power Customer Service. How may I help you?
Roger Goodell: Hi. My name is Roger Goodell and I'm the commissioner of the NFL.
Agent: Yes, Mr. Goodell. How can I be of service?
Roger Goodell: Well, there's a problem here at the 49ers stadium in Santa Clara. You see, the stadium is full of people watching the Super Bow,l as I'm sure millions of other people around the world are watching the game, and, well, the power seems to have stopped and all the electricity is off.
Agent: Thank you Mr. Goodell. Let me see if I can pull up the account information.......................................................................Okay, Mr. Goodell.
Roger Goodell: Yes?
Agent: Apparently the owners of the stadium, The Santa Clara Stadium Authority, have been in default for three months and we've had to temporarily interrupt their service.
Roger Goodell: What the hell??!! Do you know how important this game is??!!!
Agent: Well, sir. If someone can provide payment of $200,000.00 we can restore service but our technicians will not be available until tomorrow. Is this an emergency?
Roger Goodell: Yes!! Its a frikin emergency!!
Agent: Okay sir. I will contact one of our technicians. Is there a call back number where you can be reached?
Roger Goodell: How long will this take?
Agent: I'm not sure, Sir. Most of our technicians took the day off to watch the Super Bowl.
I think we won't have to worry about a blackout because SVP will accept SA's IOUs "Good as Cash!".
ReplyDeleteOf course they'll be "Good as Cash." IOU's from the SA will have taxpayer backed collateral. Then again, SVP has never promised to keep their rates low. However, Rowen no longer has to worry about that. After all, how much electrical power does he need for his cardboard box & shopping cart?
DeleteThe Merc has an article today about how the Palo Ultra city council is going to focus on core priorities. Which include street repairs, fiber optic rings, management of California street downtown (city is choking on its own success).
ReplyDeleteNo where was a sports stadium mentioned.
Palo Alto has a football stadium. The great thing for them is the city didn't spend any taxpayer money to build it.
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