Utility updates
by Lori Barrett | May 29, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Posted in Uncategorized
We’ve talked about most of these items before, as they were being proposed, but those of you who are trying to budget your paychecks might appreciate the follow up…
We’ll start with the positive: The BGE rebate was officially approved yesterday. Anyone who is a BGE customer as of August 29 will receive a $170 credit on their September bill.
That’s it for the good news.
You’ll also see an 8 percent rate hike on your BGE bill starting next week.
Also yesterday, the Board of Estimates approved a 4 percent increase for the water and sewer rates of Baltimore City residents. Expect to pay about $30 more per year. (And for anyone waiting patiently for the reinstatement of their 2-cent property tax reduction, the City Council has not continued discussion on that matter.)
What else? Oh yeah, gas and food are expensive. So much so, people are actually riding the bus and eating Spam.
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May 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Offtopic:
When will your newspaper hawkers stop harassing people? I have about a 5 block walk to work from the downtown Lt Rail station and I get approached by no less than 4 of your vendors. I say "no" everyday and yet every day I get asked. It really is annoying, it's worse than panhandlers. Why are you trying to shove this crap paper down everyone's throats? There are boxes filled with them all over the city, I think if someone really wants one they know where to go. Your paper is like Good Housekeeping trying to imitate City Paper. And what's with all those lurid crime headlines? You certainly have the right to print what you want, but I am tired of having it shoved in my face every morning. Please let me know when this campaign will end so I can start walking to work again
May 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
you've never been to London have you? where the trashy newspaper rags really are shoved into your hand. but they occupy your time on the Tube, provide the necessary trash on the streets and line the bird cage.
Try walking on the other side of the street.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
It will never end until you drink the kool aid and become one of the initiated. They prey upon people like you - the ones that personalize an otherwise random request to take a newspaper. They know that your fragile ego can't help but carry the experience with you...mulling it over...obsessing over it...until you finally break down and read "The B." Savoring Anne Tallent's retarded commentary...addicted by Nestor's pedestrian approach to sports reporting...and yes, being sucked into the worst cult of all...American Idol.
They are relentless and cannot be bargined with or reasoned with. You will be assimilated.
All hail "B"
Muhahaha...
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May 29th, 2008 at 5:47 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
off topic: when will you stop spamming this entire website with your copy pasted concerns?
May 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Will this new found fervor for conserving resources - your pocketbook and mine - continue?
May 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Then again, isn't good politics really all about strong public discourse?
May 29th, 2008 at 6:29 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
when will people stop calling us THE b
May 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Once again, a The B staffer has asked a question of the world that should have been asked during the birthing stages. How can we be edgy without being apathetic
?!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:20 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"when will people stop calling us THE b"
B for bird cage liner?
May 31st, 2008 at 1:43 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I will tell you this, I am a freelance writer and a publisher of online lifestyle magazines
And am a fan of this new daily newspaper. I also take the light rail and subway and have been handed
The newspaper on my way from one appointment to the next. That is how I first discovered it.
Love at first read! Remember this is a fledgling daily newspaper that is just starting to cut her teeth.
I cannot wait to see what this newspaper develops into. Publishing is a tough racket so unless you have an idea for an article or a way to improve how the circulate and market this daily newspaper maybe just maybe you should stop dumping all over some ones dream and start living your own.
Zedrea Hartley