{"id":212617172,"date":"2011-09-27T20:19:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=212617172"},"modified":"2011-09-27T20:19:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T20:19:32","slug":"rec-and-parks-water-bill-or-your-tax-dollars-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=212617172","title":{"rendered":"Rec and Parks water bill … or your tax dollars at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: Just a sampling of some of the crazy erroneous water bills going on around Baltimore. I thought some might like to know ]
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\nUPDATE: https:\/\/www.foxbaltimore.com\/newsroom\/top_stories\/videos\/wbff_vid_9648.shtml<\/a>
\nIt is an error caused by an estimate followed by an actual read that was smaller then the estimate and "that just confused the system."
\n[B’ Spokes: Perhaps these are the same programmers behind Baltimore’s "computerized" traffic lights. That’s another system that gets confused.]
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\nADDED: News coverage: https:\/\/www.foxbaltimore.com\/newsroom\/top_stories\/videos\/wbff_vid_9632.shtml<\/a>
\nvia Linda Stewart
\n\u200e$490,000.00 erroneous water bill paid for with your tax dollars, property known as LIGHT ST MEDIAN 3 FT – Account # 09291285006 – the bill gets mailed to the department of Parks and Recs. How many parks could use this money??
\nYou can look up this water bill using the city’s web site: https:\/\/cityservices.baltimorecity.gov\/water\/<\/a>
\n05\/16\/07\t08\/02\/07\t $1,236.71
\n08\/02\/07\t11\/01\/07\t $1,236.71
\n11\/01\/07\t01\/28\/08\t $1,236.71
\n01\/28\/08\t05\/06\/08\t $10,156.20 **
\n05\/06\/08\t08\/08\/08\t $1,273.30
\n08\/08\/08\t11\/06\/08\t $296,945.87 ***
\n11\/06\/08\t02\/18\/09\t $1,286.24
\n02\/18\/09\t05\/12\/09\t $2,169.41
\n05\/12\/09\t07\/30\/09\t $1,366.84
\n07\/30\/09\t11\/18\/09\t $1,401.91
\n11\/18\/09\t03\/01\/10\t $1,401.91
\n03\/01\/10\t05\/24\/10\t $1,401.91
\n05\/24\/10\t08\/05\/10\t $2,962.41
\n08\/05\/10\t04\/11\/11\t $5,080.06
\n04\/11\/11\t06\/23\/11\t $492,425.61 ***
\nThis property was also overbilled $295,000.00 back in Nov 08, they only received a credit after Steve Levine from Fox 45 called the Department of rec to question this bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: Just a sampling of some of the crazy erroneous water bills going on around Baltimore. I thought some might like to know ] ************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE: https:\/\/www.foxbaltimore.com\/newsroom\/top_stories\/videos\/wbff_vid_9648.shtml It is an error caused by an estimate followed by an actual read that was smaller then the estimate and "that just confused the system." [B’ Spokes: … <\/p>\n

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