NO TEP Franchise!

Lyrics by: Lee Stanfield
Gaggle: Tucson Raging Grannies
Tune: Aba Daba Honeymoon (The tune of only one verse)
Date Written or Updated: 08/05/26

                    TEP says to the ACC “We wanna’ send more

                    profits to our al-ready quite wealthy investors.”

                    So the ACC says “Go a-head!

                    If your ratepayers can’t afford bread

                    just tell them to eat cake instea-ead!”

 

                    TEP says to the ACC (pause)…. “As you well know,

                    profits are a percentage of the cost for us to grow

                    our infrastructure (pause) ( speak)->….. That is why

speak->     we love fossil fuels. Its costs are high.

sing->       We don’t like solar. Its costs are too lo-ow.”

 

                   The ACC says to TEP, “That’s OK with us.” 

                   “Your ratepayers are so dumb, they will not make a fuss.

                   And if they do, we’ll side with you

                   and all the lies you tell them, too!….

                   Go on and put that fracked-gas pipeline throu-ough!”

 

                  If you’re a ratepayer and you don’t like what you’ve just heard,

                  here’s a way to change this the-a-ter of the absurd!

                  Demand the Mayor and Council to

                  let us vote on whether to

                  replace TEP with a City-owned compa-ny-y!

 

                Don’t be fooled by the TEP Franchise and the ECA.

                Two Million dollars is far less than the profit we now pay

                That’s just chump change for TEP

slow->   the change we need is the whole comp’ny!

               Profit-free Public Power’s the o-only wa-ay!

              VOTE NO ON THE TEP FRANCHISE AGREEMENT!