Which Smells Worse: the Sewer, or the Management of the Sewer?
A prime rule in politics is people vote with their wallet. Even though none are up for re-election this year, New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald and the New Haven city council may find out the hard way in the next municipal elections.
New Haven has to upgrade its sewer systems because of a federal mandate. The costs of this project will raise sewer rates by 60%. Last week they increased property taxes by 20%. Add that to what heating costs are likely to do and thats a lot of money out of New Haven resident's pockets.
The federal mandate has been known for more than a decade. Voters would have had less of an issue had rates been increased slightly for a longer period of time. Had they planned a little better it would have taken the shock value out of this whole deal.
When things like this happen away from an election cycle as it did in this case, voters often forget and it doesn't affect the elected official notcably. Voters in New Haven will get a monthly reminder of this incident. Look for heads to roll.
WANE TV
New Haven has to upgrade its sewer systems because of a federal mandate. The costs of this project will raise sewer rates by 60%. Last week they increased property taxes by 20%. Add that to what heating costs are likely to do and thats a lot of money out of New Haven resident's pockets.
The federal mandate has been known for more than a decade. Voters would have had less of an issue had rates been increased slightly for a longer period of time. Had they planned a little better it would have taken the shock value out of this whole deal.
When things like this happen away from an election cycle as it did in this case, voters often forget and it doesn't affect the elected official notcably. Voters in New Haven will get a monthly reminder of this incident. Look for heads to roll.
WANE TV
posted by Indiana Pundit at 7:33 AM
1 Comments:
New Haven is not the only municipality having sewer issues...Fort Wayne is also DRASTICALLY slow in developing an MS4 game plan. Lots of people sitting on their hands. These guys should really be looking to Hendricks County for some guidance, those guys have really got their act together.
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