Posts Tagged ‘ water company ’

Liveblogging: Peoria City Council, 3

October 9, 2007
By Billy Dennis

Item 4: PRESENTATION by ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY. Dean Faulkner on IAWC request for water rate increase. ICC will hold hearings with sworn testimony. Process will last 10 months. Showing slides of smiling employees with their awards. S, obviously, it would be WRONG to oppose their huge rate increase. “Our customers are satisfied.” “We did notice odor...
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Daddy has a brand new blog

November 6, 2005
By Billy Dennis

C.J. Summers has a new template and title for his online magazine of news and opinion: The Peoria Chronicle. It’s very permalink heavy, and very informative, even though he disagrees with me on the Illinois American Water Company buyout. Folks, IAWCo will NOT be sold for less than what the owners could get from the...
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Water company bribe attempt is all wet

October 7, 2005
By Billy Dennis

It’s bad enough these people tried to bribe the city. But to try to bribe us for so little money really ticks me off. Chuck Grayeb is going to have to break out the thesarus to properly express his outrage. Folks, any money that Illinois American Water Company pays city government to not seek a buy...
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Not clear on the concept

August 26, 2005
By Billy Dennis

I’m getting the idea that our new mayor just flat out is opposed to a water buyout, no matter what circumstances. This is his quote in today’s Journal Star article:
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More prize winning bad advice from the JS

August 22, 2005
By Billy Dennis

After years of discussion, the Journal Star’s award winning (snicker) editorial board wants the Peoria City Council to wait until 2008, and then reconsider buying the water company:
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