Re: Muni Fiber and Politics

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jul 21, 2014, at 13:04 , William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Helms <khelms () 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