anybody know anything about Matinee Energy?

[Kali]

they seem to be wanting to scam the dumbasses in the nearby small town

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/03/matinee_energy_distances_itsel_1.php

[FBaggins]

1. Another name for solar power?

Mostly for the less mature and no performance at night.

[Kali]

3. they are talking a gas peaker plant for that

BUT the real question about this project is looking all like a big scam with no real financial backing. Ernie is a charming old fart but this whole deal sounds so shady (ha) and of course the local all-about-growth PTB have such a hard on they can't even ask a coherent question about any of it.

a small group of nimbys and our watershed group are the only ones doing any work that the city itself should be doing.

[FBaggins]

4. It was a joke... I guess it fell flat.

You know... a matinee is a daytime performance (usually for a less formal/sophisticated audience)?

[Kali]

6. d'oh

(I did get the manatee video, though)

[babydollhead]

2. is it like this?

[kristopher]

5. What is it about this project you distrust?

A single news article isn't a very strong basis for forming an opinion since the potential for agenda driven bias in such an article is pretty high.

Do you have more information behind your allegation?

[Kali]

7. yes, been to several presentations

and one of the zoning hearings, not to mention knowing the city PsTB

plenty of people are suspicious, that is why we (and the New Times, I might add) are looking for some more info on this company. I was hoping somebody here might add to the picture.

[FBaggins]

8. An interesting post from someone who claims that he worked there.

J.P. wrote on Feb 27, 2012 9:15 AM:

" I'm surprised they pulled this event off. All but one employee of the Tucson Matinee office quit about two weeks before due to the very harsh and unprofessional way we were treated by the office supervisor. The media was not informed because Matinee does not want the media snooping around at its projects. I resigned because the whole project was "bells and whistles" and reeked of a big scam, run from China and overseen by Matinee's Las Vegas office. (There was a Tucson office, but no more. There are no employees!) This is one big old scam!

Benson Beware! "



http://www.bensonnews-sun.com/articles/2012/02/22/news/news01.txt

[kristopher]

9. The emerging renewable market is an inviting place for entrepreneurs

There are a range of people out there trying to make money - a situation that, while promising, also creates potential pitfalls.

Since the entrepreneurial spirit is by definition comfortable with risk taking, it is to be expected that you'll find some less than solid individuals in the field. However, that doesn't mean that their proposals are bad. I know of one operation that began with two guys, a file cabinet, a pick-up truck and a load of promises. They made themselves experts on wind and are now working with a couple of major companies that see potential in their approach.

In other words, it is the plan that needs to be examined. What I saw in the new article you posted was little more than an attampt at character assassination. They may be pushing bull for all I know, but the content of the article could have been written by the Koch Brothers' Cato Institute.