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Staff Report, on
June 14, 2017
Is PEC heading down the wrong road again?

by Kathy Scanlon and Patrick Cox, Ph.D.

Recent decisions by the PEC Board of Directors leading to the departure of CEO John Hewa have set off alarms and serious concerns about the future of our co-op.

We were the first two PEC board members who were fairly elected in a democratic election of all PEC members in 2008. We inherited a discredited organization that was ethically bankrupt, fiscally irresponsible, and one that totally ignored its members. PEC members were unhappy, creditors were concerne...

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