http://www.lajollalight.com/2010/09/08/proposed-water-rate-hike-protested-but-clears-committee/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.lajollalight.com/2010/09/08/proposed-water-rate-hike-protested-but-clears-committee/#comment-1256 fred barnes Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:41:47 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=1350#comment-1256 DeMaio's comments are pure political grandstanding, He's totally wrong about what has driven up water rates. He cites that the City's rates have gone up 65% since 2007. Apparently he doesn't know that imported water cost rates charged by CWA and MWD have gone up 78.7% since 2007 as well. I work at a local water district (not the City), and I know exactly how much our costs of imported water have risen over the years. Higher labor costs and administrative costs are NOT the driver of high water rates........... DeMaio's comments are pure political grandstanding, He's totally wrong about what has driven up water rates. He cites that the City's rates have gone up 65% since 2007. Apparently he doesn't know that imported water cost rates charged by CWA and MWD have gone up 78.7% since 2007 as well. I work at a local water district (not the City), and I know exactly how much our costs of imported water have risen over the years. Higher labor costs and administrative costs are NOT the driver of high water rates………..

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