The calling of the largest protest demonstration against the Brockton Water Department is being held on August 30th at 3:30pm at City Hall. The rally is to bring attention to the City of Brockton that the people are not going to be taxed with representation. The water department is estimating bills in some Case's up to 10 years and this year has done actual reads and having residents bills as high as $100,000
Every reason has been given for these bills being so high, the meters being outdated, to leaky toilets and not having residents home to do actual reads. Brockton Water is one of the only companies that have high estimated billing of a third of its customer and as long as 10 years in some cases of estimated reading.
I have called several private and municipality runned water companies and none of them have heard of these types of procedures and billing practices. Under DPU regulations a Water Company has to have an Actual read every other bill. Brockton doesn't fall under the DPU regulations. I have spoken to several residents with high bills and estimated readings and in one case the persons last actual read was in 2003. This year there was another actual read and they got a bill for $17,000. When they went to the Water Department. They were asked for $4,700 to settle the bill. I asked if the resident payed it and they said no, because they don't know where the department pulled that number from.
As I have investigated more into this I have come to the conclusion that something is very a foul at this water department. I have 3 questions?
1. Why is Brockton Water the only water company in this position?
2. Why cant we get any straight forward answers from the Department?
3. Why is the Water company still putting the blame on the homeowners?
We don't know if Brockton is loosing money, if we are under or over billing or is there money missing from this department. We know that numbers are being pulled from somewhere and it smells like shit.
The demonstration is to take place August 30th at 3:30pm any question's or if you have a billing problem please contact me at brocktonbeat@hotmail.com
SPREAD THE WORD, IF WE IN BROCKTON LET THIS SLIDE AS A COMMUNITY, THEN ANYTHING GOES FROM NOW ON. THIS IS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE WATER DEPARTMENT WILL PUT THIS ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX.
AUGUST 30TH 3:30PM OUTSIDE CITY HALL PEACEFUL PROTEST/RALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
