Comments on: Sewer Costs Push New Town Water Bills to $100

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:12 +0000

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Massachusetts may have traded their Liberty for perceived safety(how’s that working out for ya’, MA??) but I KNOW that Virginians did not forget these words………

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:30 +0000

Mike,
Sure wish you could come to meetings
We need all the help we can get.
When we speak out at meetings they barely listen or have conversations amongst themselves.
Deb

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:31:19 +0000

Mrs. Bender, I have been singing that song since the start of this issue. A multi-purpose building would have served the Community, and allowed the Mason Avenue business district to have greater appeal by increasing the amount of ‘commecial ventures; thereby pulling more visitors from Rt. 13 as Mr. Kelly indicated would be better for the Town.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:06:25 +0000

IF the town had gone with a community center the library could have been there too! Instead they used well hook-up monies and bought the bank, thus making a private building public. It would be nice if the town would address our icky water too.

The town also said they would replace the basketball court, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen either.

NOW they are scrambling trying to figure out how to make ends meet. I ask this: would anyone buy a steak covered with fat? TRIM THE FAT. More to come tomorrow night at the town meeting. Fireworks maybe?

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:03:59 +0000

FTA:”and decided to defer some improvements and maintenance to cut costs by $85,000. Purchase of a grinder will be postponed, as will manhole repairs and engineering studies for pump stations.”

Manhole NOT repaired + slip and fall acciddent = large payout by Town from lawsuit.

Pump station failure = citizen distress & additional expenditures to replace what should have been a priority fix.

Grinder not purchased + continued root growth = sidewalk impact requiring $$ repair.

But tell me again how much is being spent on the new library?

And the Park bathrooms?( I still contend that the best place for the Park bathrooms would have been the Municipal Offices/Community center at the OSC…..great place for Hoops, too!!)

By: David Boyd

David Boyd — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:20:02 +0000

I agree with Deborah. They built the Cape Charles sewer plant considerably larger than it needs to be, so the town now gets to pay for more capacity than they need. If you have been paying attention to county politics and the PSA they are getting ready to do the same thing on the county scale by building the “southern node” approximately 5 times bigger than it needs to be. The same people are behind both plans. Guess who is going to pay for it? Your tax dollars at work.
Seems like they did the same thing with the jail, too.

By: Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:51:11 +0000

In total agreement with Deborah. The focus should be drawing business FROM Highway 13 into the Town of Cape Charles, not importing additional caca!

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:42:35 +0000

Pete: You think it is a good idea to bring the “pipe” out to the highway? That would bring more business to this end of the county. There goes Rayfield’s when a big chain drugstore comes here. Never mind that this is a family-run business.

Hmmm, next we will have a hotel . . . whoops, there goes the B & B’s. Then maybe another strip mall. Whoops, there goes all of the little shops in town.

I lived in Onancock when they enlarged 4 Corner Plaza and it KILLED the town of Onancock for many, many years. Is this what you want for Cape Charles?

Make no mistake — the citizens of Cheritan do not want our sewer pipe and they will fight it. The guy that is on the PSA board fighting for this is so used to spending everyone else’s money. If he thinks it is such a good idea, tell him to throw in the $10,000! Tell him to put HIS money where his mouth is. Sounds like the town built this big sewer plant before they figured out how they would pay for it. AS USUAL

By: Pete Baumann

Pete Baumann — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:54:58 +0000

The one thing in the story that jumped out at me was cutting the $10K to fund the PSA. My understanding is that our plant has greater capacity than we use. Getting more customers will be a critical source of revenue to help ease the burden on the rest of us. Spending a little to further the effort to serve more properties would seem to be very worthwhile.