Sunday, March 27, 2011
Transparency
Since it appears that the Citizens Energy user fee theft will be approved regardless of the implications of such approval, I propose, for the sake of transparency, that our water and sewer bills be itemized so that everyone knows how much is being stolen from them each and every time a payment is remitted. So, at a minimum the water and sewer bill should indicate the portion of each sewer bill dedicated to payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT), including the 30-year bond payments (City Tax); should indicate the portion of the water and sewer bill paid to the City (2010 Street and Sidewalk Repairs – 30-Year Bond) for the transfer the water and sewer utilities; should indicate the cost of the water company extricating itself from the variable-rate bond fiasco (Cost of Variable-rate Bond Fiasco), and should indicate the cost of paying Veolia to continue to provide poor service and poor water quality, while continuing to enrich itself (Cost of Privatization).
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