If you really want to see your water rates go up, then sell the water company to a private enterprise responsible only to shareholders. The Public Service Commission will give them virtually any rate increase they ask for, given the dilapidated and rudimentary character of Deltona's water system. Ask the people of Bolivia how water privatization has worked for them.

Your ad hominem comments mean nothing to me. You're wasting your breath. How am I supposed to feel insulted by someone who lacks the courage to speak with their own name?

The water rate hikes were extreme, but only because the thirteen year rate freeze was ridiculous and unsustainable. I have an inbox full of complaints about water quality and safety, especially in the older sections of the City where Repair and Replacement ops are most critical.

In addition, I read the consultant's report given in 2008, and I can tell you it's not confusing at all. If anything, this misunderstanding is an indictment of the City's reliance on part-time representatives, as well as a bedroom community's surfeit of part-time citizens. If we fail to address these problems, we will continue to be poorly governed.