On Jul 21, 2014, at 13:04 , William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: >> I'd say your experience is anomalous. I don't know which township you're >> in, but I'd suggest you focus on getting a set of more effective local >> officials. > > Sure, 'cause fixing local utility problems at the voting booth has a > long and studied history of success. Who do I vote for? The officials > that allow rate increases and, when the utilities fail to fix the > problems, allow more rate increases? Or the officials who refuse rate > increases so that the utilities can't afford to fix the problems?
If you run, you can vote for yourself and try to push whatever you think is a more effective solution. If the problems are really as bad as you describe, surely you could get tremendous support from the other residents for your endeavor to resolve them. Owen
