Limericks can be political, too

Our overall winner of the 2007 limericks contest, Mike Andrews , simply didn’t get his fill – even after sending in 101 entries. Here are four that he wrote recently regarding the recent revelations that three Avista executives earned, respectively, $800,000, $300,000 and $300,000 more in 2006 than they did in 2005:

At Avista there’s shocking abuse,
As V.I.P comp is quite loose,
And from the rate-payer sucks,
Some megawatt bucks,
For the fat cats feeling the juice.

Avista’s a true money pit,
Where salaries are more than legit,
And the rate-payer role,
Is to fill up the hole,
While not complaining one bit.

At Avista the hive’s full of honey,
’Cause that’s where they siphon the money,
But the buzz in the air,
While some wax millionaire,
Is that those stung aren’t finding it funny.

When Avista’s traders had losses,
The rate-payers carried the crosses,
But though regulated,
When profits are stated,
The rewards all go to the bosses.