The merger had still not been voted on this Friday morning as everyone was expecting. Apparently there is a hold-up on a vote by the
commissioners on a consent decree.

Even thought Martin was expected to sign off on the merger there is a thought that the hold up could be administrative or strategic. A source said commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate was not planning to vote
on the merger until that enforcement action was taken, and she already
cast her vote for it. Commissioner Robert McDowell also voted to
approve it.

That leaves the only vote left (Martin) to finally end this extremely long merger process.

The two commission Democrats haven’t voted on the enforcement action and they are already on record opposing the
merger, so they are unlikely to tip the balance even if they agree that
the companies should pay a combined $20 million for the
violations related to the placement and power levels of equipment.

I guess we will be waiting until next week to finally get a word on this. Or maybe two weeks from now, or three?
The way this has been going nothing would surprise me anymore.

[Via: B&C]

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