How much money does your city waste?
Jul 11th 2006, 5:27 pm
#1
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How much money does your city waste?
At public expense, the residents of my city all got one of these:
http://www.bryantx.gov/departments/?name=water
You don't need to be a customer, anyone can get one.
Scroll down the page for the 'funny' pictures
http://www.bryantx.gov/departments/?name=water
You don't need to be a customer, anyone can get one.
Scroll down the page for the 'funny' pictures
Jul 11th 2006, 5:45 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Texas_Dave
At public expense, the residents of my city all got one of these:
http://www.bryantx.gov/departments/?name=water
You don't need to be a customer, anyone can get one.
Scroll down the page for the 'funny' pictures
http://www.bryantx.gov/departments/?name=water
You don't need to be a customer, anyone can get one.
Scroll down the page for the 'funny' pictures
Country Livin'!!!
Jul 11th 2006, 6:37 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by ironporer
Thank goodness...no city to worry about. Nor water company- our wekk and septic do fine- and have not had to spend a penny on either in 4 years. Would be nice to have garbage pick up though (have to pay private co. $30/mo)
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No city for us either....septic...mains water $25 per mth...garbage $0.60 per week...property taxes in 5 figures.
Jul 11th 2006, 6:40 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by ironporer
Thank goodness...no city to worry about. Nor water company- our wekk and septic do fine- and have not had to spend a penny on either in 4 years. Would be nice to have garbage pick up though (have to pay private co. $30/mo)
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Jul 11th 2006, 7:07 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Our garbage collection is twice weekly at about $110 a year ...
My neighbor pays ... so I put mine with his ...
My neighbor pays ... so I put mine with his ...
Jul 11th 2006, 7:43 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
I think I may have driven past your neighbours house on garbage collection day . . .
Originally Posted by Ray
Our garbage collection is twice weekly at about $110 a year ...
My neighbor pays ... so I put mine with his ...
My neighbor pays ... so I put mine with his ...
Jul 11th 2006, 8:01 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Texas_Dave
I think I may have driven past your neighbours house on garbage collection day . . .
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Jul 11th 2006, 8:46 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
No city for us either....septic...mains water $25 per mth...garbage $0.60 per week...property taxes in 5 figures.
Jul 11th 2006, 8:57 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by ironporer
Now I feel lucky. $248/yr for 140K valuation.
What $240.00 per year....is that correct?
Jul 11th 2006, 9:12 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
What $240.00 per year....is that correct?
Jul 12th 2006, 1:53 am
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
My city is being investigated by the DoJ for serious accounting errors during the sewer and water rollout they did here a couple of years back. Allegedly, out of a $100M project about $40M is "missing". the contractor on the project? Kellogg Brown and Root. The same Haliburton subsidiary who got told off for allegedly ripping off the Govt.in Iraq 
My guess is that the city will get a fine.. paid for by? You guessed it, the taxpayer!
My guess is that the city will get a fine.. paid for by? You guessed it, the taxpayer!
Jul 12th 2006, 1:55 am
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by ironporer
$248 per year for $145,000 property valuation. Alabama, or at least our county has very very low property tax ($1.71 tax per $1000)
to reveal our taxes.
Jul 12th 2006, 1:32 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Have to say I'm gobsmacked.....too to reveal our taxes.
to reveal our taxes.
Our town does nothing other than run a school system and maintain the roads - we too have to pay for our own rubbish collection (which was acually a mob operation).
Mind you, we did get a water quality leaflet, but it came from the water company - no public money involved.
Jul 12th 2006, 2:26 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
And to think...all that wasted money could have been given to the great great great grandkids of the slaves.
Jul 12th 2006, 2:52 pm
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Re: How much money does your city waste?
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
And to think...all that wasted money could have been given to the great great great grandkids of the slaves.
True- and they could raise my ridiculously low taxes by a thousand $$ a year and I could help pay too.
