BROCKTON RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT Part 1

Brockton United Voices and residents of Brockton came out in show off support on January 31, 2011 for the first Water Meeting concerns Major water system billing errors and mismanagement at the department. Many of the residents came out because now the City of Brockton has choosen to put tax liens on residents propety tax and will add another step for residens to take to safe guard their houses in this down spiral economy. An Audit is going forward but the question remains still, why were these liens put on the first place when the department knew about the ongoing water billing problems.Broken meters, outdated software, homes that have leaks have all been given as an explanation but companies need people to run them and apparently at the department much has gotten by in the past 5 years that in any other sector such as the private sector or a water ultitlity that was under DPU guidlines would never seen the light of day. Another major question is why was the audit taken away from the Mayor when the residents were told this would not effect their homes. The Mayor wanted the Audit back in July but some councilors for priveledged reason choose to fore stall that measure and this person believes that is one of the reasons that the homes are liened today. Like the old saying "Be leary of clothes dressed up in sheeps clothing". We will be compiling the meeting into 4 or 5 parts and this part the residents speak. When we get to the part where the lawyers speak we will break that down word for word and try to read between the lines. Good luck to everyone who has a lien and has to deal with this department. It is time for privatization.