Comments on: ANALYSIS: Huge Sewer Bills Due to Town Council Missteps

By: Colin Cowling

Colin Cowling — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:30:55 +0000

Cape Charles spends $19 million to build a 250,000 gal/day plant.
I’m told that Onancock built a 750,000 gal/day plant of the same type that does the same thing for just under $12 million.
Might be that there is something rotten in Denmark…or maybe CC too.

By: John C Boytos

John C Boytos — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:58:29 +0000

I want to know why this increase is being passed onto the citizens when (according to rumor) a REDUCED water/sewer hook up fee was given to the Bay Creek South company to build a PRIVATE beach club that non-members won’t even be able to use! Foster, who still owes millions to the town, is protected under this annexation agreement because there isn’t enough population in Bay Creek? The reason there is no population is because Foster and his realty team flipped and re-flipped lots, collecting commissions each time, with no time limitations in which to build. See a problem here? If it looks like…and it smells like….then it most likely is….! Most residents of Bay Creek (provided you are not a resident AND Bay Creek employee) are victims of this mess as well because we bought into the same false promises. It’s the debt of the Bay Creek developer and the duty of the Town to enforce it!

By: Thomas D. Giese

Thomas D. Giese — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:46:47 +0000

Is this a case of misfeasance or malfeasance? I guess the voters will have to decide next election. Perhaps the concept of the zero-sum game can be applied to the budget, for every dollar spent for A, a dollar will NOT be spent on B, unless we have a bottomless bag of money, then keep spending away!

By: Susan Durlak

Susan Durlak — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:44:21 +0000

Is this the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Town council’s job is to work for the people, improve the town and manage a budget.
Now is the time to scrape and rebuild the town council. Never in a million years could I run my business so poorly.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:39:15 +0000

I don’t know why the town is charging Echelon or Charon any hookup fees! I don’t know why we as a town don’t just hand them everything on a silver platter trimmed with gold. That is basically what they did when they GAVE them the school and surrounding property. And NOW we can’t pay for the poop plant. Now we don’t have money to hook up the new wells because WE BOUGHT THE BANK FOR A LIBRARY! We need lots of people at the June 20th meeting to back these people down. We need a new mayor and lots of new town council people to get this town back in order. Bob Panek NEEDS TO GO! Right now.

By: David Gay

David Gay — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:42:20 +0000

Investors, developers and homeowners beware. Cape Charles tax increases will make it impossible to sell your property. Who wants to buy in a town where the taxes will drive you to the poor house. People look for low tax rates in retirement and vaction communities. Maybe that is why no one is flocking to Cape Charles to buy up the vacant lots in town and Bay Creek! Let’s get our fiscal house in order.

And Bob Panek, we don’t need strip malls. If you need underwear I will buy you a pair. Just let me know what size, type (boxers, briefs, thong or low rise). The thought of you going commando breaks my heart. You can count on me to help a friend out.

By: Stefanie Hadden

Stefanie Hadden — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:37:07 +0000

I am thankful for The Wave and its persistent and pointed muckraking (verb, used without object — muck·raked, muck·rak·ing: to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics).

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:33:51 +0000

Considering the massive mountains of scandals regarding abusive, overwhelmingingly large government subjecting the citizenry to tyranny out of Washington, DC, why is anyone surprised at the indifference of CC’s administration towards its citizens? As it has been said well before me, People get the government they demand. And we as a country have demanded a government that is out of control.

By: David Gay

David Gay — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:59:54 +0000

Not to mention the $18, 000 we now owe due to the mismanagement of the library computers!

By: Pete Baumann

Pete Baumann — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:53:34 +0000

My coments are only directed at the amount of and anticipated increase to our monthly water etc. bills. A good friend of mine (and former CC resident) told me that she pays approximately $40 per month for the same services in Asheville, NC. By increasing my/our monthly bills by about $20, it amounts to $240 annually. Much ado has been made about the town’s effort to limit our property tax increase to 3.2%. This fee increase equates to a property tax increase in excess of 40%.