Comments on: Huge Sewer Rate Increase Won’t Affect Bayshore Concrete

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:08:17 +0000

Mr. Forgosh: Regarding Government we are in complete agreement. As to Bayshore being forced to join up, we really need to look forward. Industry profit margins for the last 5 years across the concrete industry were NEGATIVE 6 percent. How long can a company operate if it loses 6 percent a year? If we make moves towards increasing Bayshore’s costs, they may just move. Where would we be then?

By: Colin Cowling

Colin Cowling — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:54:48 +0000

Be careful what you wish for.
Annual gross sales from tourism in Cape Charles might cover Bayshore Concrete’s payroll — for two or three months. And they do it with government support such as the $55,000 the County puts up for the Tall Ships.

Bayshore’s product has to be of the very highest quality and no one has said whether or not the discharge water is good enough. The large things you see sitting on rail cars for shipment all over the County are storage containers for nuclear waste, so there can be no compromise. And we certainly don’t want them cutting corners on the bridges that one day our children will be riding over.

A more suitable use of the wastewater would be to keep the Bay Creek lakes full and water the golf courses instead of using our ground water when things get dry. However I doubt that has much appeal to the residents of Bay Creek, some of whom would rather fuss about their water bills than look at the bigger picture.

By: Jack Forgosh

Jack Forgosh — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:17:26 +0000

Mike: I agree that we the people and our elected officials find it too easy to spend our tax dollars. The water treatment plant is built and operating and we the people and our elected representatives must pay the bondholders.
I am agreeing with the conclusion of others that providing Bayshore Concrete with an alternative water source to our fresh water aquifers would be time and money well spent. Some anticipate that our drinking water may become even scarcer than fossil fuels. Why pump our treated water into a salty bay when that water can be used as a key ingredient in the making of concrete. The plant has been built and in my opinion, it is important to invest wisely in community infrastructure.

By: Dana Lascu

Dana Lascu — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:18:14 +0000

Investigative journalism at its best. I commend the Wave and the Wave community for exposing our too many sacred cows as toxic parasites.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:39:14 +0000

“Panek also said that he did not think Bayshore Concrete uses very much water.”
. . .
And to think that he is our assistant town manager!

By: Derrick Riser

Derrick Riser — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:34:43 +0000

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By: Kearn Schemm

Kearn Schemm — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:11:59 +0000

The town needs to act on this. Since Bayshore is a major employer, we might even be able to give them a discounted rate on the (now unused) treated wastewater and still improve the water rates for the residential customers and protect our aquifers.

By: Mike Kuzma, Jr

Mike Kuzma, Jr — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:38:27 +0000

Umm, if we FORCE the Concrete plant to hook up, and in the future they do some long-range planning, they may look back and wonder why they are there in the first place. And then move. Mr. Forgosh, it was the addiction to federal money (we used to understand that the Feds have no money of their own, it is OURS) that had the local government salivating and putting up said plant.

By: Jack Forgosh

Jack Forgosh — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:07:57 +0000

Thank you for this great, informative article. Here are my thoughts: What a great win/win scenario to pipe treated water to Bayshore Concrete. I would think there may be federal money available for the necessary buildout which has significant long-term benefits to Cape Charles and to the shore and its residents. Thanks to the Cape Charles Wave for keeping lines of communication open!

By: John C Boytos

John C Boytos — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:38:51 +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….!