RE: Now this is going WAYYYYY tooo far... what you do NOT know is there are thousands and thousands of double homes that have one service going into the house--and many of these people who live in these double homes or multiple apartment buildings do NOT pay their water bill--These same people know the water company can NOT turn them off because the other family living in this home have paid their water bill and therefore they can't be turned off-- they know this and take advantage of this-- The bills sometimes go into the hundreds and sometimes thousands. Now as a water company customer who DOES pay their bill every month-- how do you feel about someone living next to you getting away with this? Unfair I would believe. These very people know all the angles, they move from apartment to apartment never paying their bill. Having the water company have the landlords put in another service to make every family have their own line is quite reasonable considering all the money that is lost due to non paying customers. Don't wonder why your water bill goes up- this can be one of the reasons-- and also theft of services--have you any idea how many people put straight pipes in and steal water? My personal opinion is these people should be arrested but the Public Utility Commision will never allow it-- if I stole a loaf of bread I would be in jail--but people who steal water walk away-- And there is much more you don't know but trust me this is truly not unreasonable, it is fair and should have been done years and years ago. "Now you know the rest of the story" As Paul Harvey used to say. Please try to understand the other side-- suppose it was your business and someone was not paying for your service whether it be a computer or water-- goods are goods, services are services--and more people should be concerned about all the people who are stealing water--and do you think that is rightas well? When you do not pay your bill on purpose that is in a way stealing-you are getting water for nothing!. Also know people who are havinga hard time paying their bill do speak to company officials and they work with them. It is the people who for months and years that deliberately do not pay their bills that this article is about. Thanks for listening.
Apparently when it is Fay shilling for her employer it's important to try and understand "the other side". Where is that same logic when it comes to anyone who disagrees with Fay?
While I agree that people should pay their bills, let's not forget that PAWC is a FOR PROFIT company. Actually it's a subsidiary of a American Water Works Company, Inc., which reported net sales in excess of 2 billion dollars for the year ending 2006. When last I checked, for profit companies are usually responsible for their own account receivable...they don't try and force their customers to do that dirty work for them.
-- Edited by Agamemnon at 20:52, 2007-12-20
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.
Well I just have this particular thought ... she thinks it's perfectly ok that Joe Pilchesky admitted that he does not pay his taxes ... some sort of protest ... do you all remember that .... but anyway would that not amount to theft of services? Garbage ... Police and Fire Protection ... etc??????
I guess it's ok for Joe to rip off the system ... why Fay ... because it's the city and not the water company????
Hypocrite!
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I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.
I have a strange feeling that Fay's life is full of contradictions.
With Fay, it's not about "free speech" or "the people"...if she were that personally offended by what happens in Scranton she would have left years ago. No, I'm convinced that Fay absolutely loves playing the part of the "bitter old lady"...you know, that same bitter old lady who yells at kids in the neighborhood to "keep off my grass".
Merry Christmas Fay.
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.