Comments on: Century May Take State To Court Over Prison Water Bills

By: bmb

bmb — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:09:37 +0000

Rules and Regulations are in place to protect the folks that pay on a timely manner from those that don’t. It is just like the preperation H warning on the tube that says “do not brush your teeth with this product,” somewhere somebody did it, so now it has to be on the label. Somewhere somebody didn’t pay their water bill, so now there should have been a policy in place stateing the town’s collection time frame. When that policy was breached the town should have placed a lock on the meter until such time the outstanding balances including penalities and unlock fees were paid in full. Come on Century, get it together, you are making it so easy for the non-north-end residents to make a case for take over.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:54:13 +0000

The saga of sue happy Century continues… Just keep biting the hand that feeds you, Century. Charging 120% of cost for natural gas is nothing short of extortion, not to mention the ongoing water issue; thus the state should counter sue. Florida has deep pockets and there’s hope that a state counter suit would force Century into bankruptcy. And in the end, the citizens could do away with city hall, which would be a bonus for those who own property of substantial value within the “city limits” because there would be no more town taxes for them.
Go ahead and litigate, but be careful what you ask for. The state needs to save money and closing the town’s cash cow might be in the making for Century.