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The city commissioners are also democratically elected and therefore directly answerable to the electorate. Howsabout we address our concerns with them, instead of creating an additional layer of bureaucracy replete with necessary support staff.

Also, seven -unpaid- members? Really? I could scarcely think of a better way to hand our water infrastructure decisions over to special interests who would have the time, money, and motivation to run for this office.
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Since when are politicians answerable to the electorate? We have some of the highest water rates in the country. I can scarcely think of a better functioning monopoly than the one we have now.
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Is there a link to the text of the proposal? In their first draft they forgot that the city extends beyond I205.
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Come on @Spindles, the fact that Phoenix - for instance -has lower rates for water has little to do with our city's ability to manage PDX's water system. Water rates should be substantially higher _everywhere_ including here.
Follow the money - who benefits by privatizing the water system. You guessed it - big businesses that would love nothing more than to pay less for the ability to drain our water system and pump toxic crap into the treatment system.
Eff them. We've fucked enough natural resource systems, let's not go there so quickly with our stellar water.
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"Water rates should be higher - including here"
I really don't know how to respond to such sound reasoning....

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