By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – When the water utility is privatized, the private owner sees the money flow like … water, according to the Citizens Utility Board.
“Selling a big water system is a big deal, because it cedes control from local officials to a private company,” State Sen. John Connor (D-Lockport) told a Citizens Utility Board virtual news conference Monday. “I filed SB 164 to make sure the taxpayers have an individual voice before a fundamental service is sold away from their control.”
Compared to a family of four, “I cannot imagine if I pay $60 a month, how much they pay,” said Magdalena Solarz of Glenview, who was also on the Zoom call.
“You have to have water to live!”
www.cubwatertracker.com
Dave Dahl can be reached at news@wjbc.com
