Tea Party Proposed in Protest of Utilities Hike
Seeking a Midwest version of the famed Boston Tea Party, Illinois' second-highest politician wants residents to mail tea bags to that state's two biggest electric utilities in protest of coming rate hikes. A lot of good that would do, as Commonwealth Edison, like most utilities , could care less about consumers and rising rates. The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday offered a caveat: Skip the tea.
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