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  Thanks For Conserving All That WaterÂ...Now Pay More!

  http://ace.mu.nu/archives/261983.php
  6 days ago in Ace of Spades HQ · Authority: 1,248

  DrewM. Remember all the worries about drought in the southeast a few months back? It turns out some residents did a good job of conserving water. Too good in fact. Since usage dropped so much, water rates have to go up because according to the Fulton
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  A Government of Excellence

  http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/2049-A-Government-of-Exc...
  6 days ago in snapped shot · now in ap-approved text mode · Authority: 310

  You remember all of those calls for strict water conservation that we've been hearing throughout the Southeast over the past year, as we've been dealing with a pretty significant drought? Who would've thunk it, but local governments have just noticed the classic economic law that less production equals more cost: Fulton County officials praised county water users Wednesday for their success at conservation — then socked them with a 15 percent rate increase for their effort. The conservation penalty the County Commission adopted Wednesday 6-0 matches the increase Atlanta utility officials asked to impose earlier this year but which the City Council so far has resisted. The average water/sewer bill should increase nearly $9 per month to a total of about $68 per month, water officials said. How's that classic proverb go? Nations are governed by the governments they deserve? God help us. (h/t Murdoc via DrewM.)
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  GA conserves water, and is rewarded with…higher water taxes!

  http://crushliberalism.com/2008/05/09/ga-conserves-water-and...
  6 days ago in Crush Liberalism · Authority: 42

  Only in the pea-brained world of government does this make any sense.  From Georgia: Fulton to increase water rates 15 percent Fulton County officials praised county water users Wednesday for their success at conservation — then socked them with a 15 percent rate increase for their effort. The conservation penalty the County Commission adopted Wednesday 6-0 matches the increase Atlanta utility officials asked to impose earlier this year but which the City Council so far has resisted. The average water/sewer bill should increase nearly $9 per month to a total of about $68 per month, water officials said. Why raise rates on water? Well, because the conservation has cut revenues: Utility managers said water use has dropped by as much as 30 percent since last year when Gov. Sonny Perdue asked each county to cut usage by at least 10 percent because of the lingering drought. That has Fulton facing potential default on its bonds, said Angela Parker, public works director. “We just can’t swallow this reduction in revenues,” Parker said. She said Fulton one day might roll back the rates if the drought ends and revenues return to pre-drought levels. Riiight. This is Fulton county doing this. Apparently the city of Atlanta is trying to do the same thing but has been blocked so far. No good deed goes unpunished, right? Every single time, the government will expect you, not them, to do more with less.

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