12 Responses to “Silver on Water Rates: 1st District Gets Special Treatment?”

1. posted by Greta B at June 23, 2009 8:07 pm :
   

   Go Silver!

2. posted by tardus at June 23, 2009 10:49 pm :
   

   The city is offering no break to the elderly and low income citizens who must pay $42/month just to be connected to the water/sewer system. This is the highest minimum water/sewer connection fee of any city in the United States. Instead the city is offering an exemption to affluent households who are using the most water.

3. posted by Richmond Greens » Stadium Debate Is STILL A Distraction From More Important Priorities at June 24, 2009 8:31 am :
   

   [...] Even with the Shockoe Center proposal “dead”, the baseball stadium debate is STILL distracting Richmond citizens from other, more important priorities and issues. [...]

4. posted by anonymous at June 24, 2009 10:41 pm :
   

   The recent stormwater assessment is also ridiculous. Only twenty-five more bucks to have as big a Mcmansion as you may desire!!!!

5. posted by tardus at June 25, 2009 3:06 pm :
   

   Don’t forget that the city’s minimum water/sewer bill was doubled in the 1980s to the current $42/month (the highest of any city in the U.S) to subsidize the improvements to the storm water system, including the storm water pipe that was installed in the improved canal.

6. posted by Scott Burger at June 26, 2009 9:11 am :
   

   Someone really needs to write a recent history of the City’s water utility.

7. posted by anonymous at June 26, 2009 10:36 am :
   

   I am sickened by the new construction on Cherry Street. Gamino once again has total disregard for the neighborhood with these huge UGLY monstrosities. The foundation is half way up my privacy fence(so much for that) The side windows will have a lovely view of my backyard. I plan extending the ugly galvanized roof to cover the back side of my shed. The city inspectors are obviously getting a payout since the steps on the previous new construction are not up to code…what a surprise!

8. posted by anonymous at June 26, 2009 10:37 am :
   

   Don’t we have a historic designation and these would no way fall in….

9. posted by KATHARINA at July 10, 2009 7:38 am :
   

   I am very much in accord with the person who wrote comment #7..UGLY is not strong enough a word for those boxes on the ends of Gamino’s constructions…I HOPE the new ones going up are not duplicates!

10. posted by Scott at July 10, 2009 1:36 pm :
    

    Katherina, anonymous, I have been negligent by not putting a new post up on the new construction. I will try to rectify that soon.

    Oregon Hill’s state and federal historical designation do not protect from insensitive development. City historic neighborhood designation might (unless it is VCU, which does not care about that).

    See this post:

    http://www.oregonhill.net/2009/06/19/city-old-historic-district-public-conversation/

11. posted by Oregon Hill » New Residential Construction on Cherry Street - Richmond, Virginia at July 11, 2009 3:00 pm :
    

    [...] As referenced in previous comments, Gamino is moving ahead with Phase 2 on the 500 block of S. Cherry Street. [...]

12. posted by New Residential Construction on Cherry Street | RVANews at July 12, 2009 7:48 pm :
    

    [...] As referenced in previous comments, Gamino is moving ahead with Phase 2 on the 500 block of S. Cherry Street. [...]

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