Business is interfering with blogging right now so just a quick round up of Water Stories today:
Mayor of Monmouth - City Hall Protest during Flush to Vote! ?
Alan Halberstadt.com - Think before you dig.
Windsor City Blog - Is WUC Windsor's WATER-gate?
Sound Off - Breaking News: The WUC Agenda Submission and Is City Facing Danger
Letter to the Editor - Utilities commission open house a surreal experience
Letter to the Editor - Water rate hike nothing more than tax increase
Letter to the Editor - Outside source should investigate fund diversion
Letter to the Editor - WUC fiasco symptomatic of typical political malaise
I recorded the Lynn Martin show Wednesday morning and will be presenting some of the questions and answers tomorrow, specifically revolving around the issue of "reducing" the water usage portion of the bill and moving towards a user pay system.
I'm beginning to wonder if one of the reasons we're raising the Fixed Rates instead of the usage charges is because of the water deals with Tecumseh and LaSalle. These are long term contracts with increases built in, but nothing I'm sure that would cover the rate tripling.
In order to allow people to save money and conserve water, we should be immediately begin moving to a complete user pay rate system with no fixed charges. Under user pay, a 20% reduction in your water usage will also result in a 20% reduction in your bill. Under the current system, a 20% reduction would garner you a whopping 4% savings.
Keep checking Flush to Vote! for further updates. I'm hoping to get a copy of Al Nelman's petition for an audit to post and distribute. Al stated on A Channel that his goal for signatures was 10,000 (50 signatures are required to request an audit).
