april 26, 2015

"That Ken Roye is a pain in the ass."

"The Butte County attorney? The one who's always suing us about the fires?"

"The very one, sir. Suing, and winning."

"Eh. I don't care about the judgements. We just pass the cost on to Jane and Joe Blow."

"Yes, sir. The ass-pain is not in the money we're ordered to pay, it's in the settlement agreements, where we agree to do things like cut brush around the lines, replace poles, that sort of thing."

"But it's not like we ever do it. We just say we will. And then we don't. And no one cares."