This isn’t Part III in the exciting Wilmington annexation abuse series–let’s call it part 2.5. Part III debuts on Friday.
Last week, I asked Wilmington what the total costs for Monkey Junction residents would be for having water and sewer services provided to their properties. Yesterday was the deadline to make the request for these services. On Tuesday (the day before the deadline), I asked Wilmington again to provide me the information and expressed my concern about how late it was in the process.
As of today (a day after the deadline), the city of Wilmington still hasn’t provided me the information, presumably because even they don’t know the total costs. There’s certainly no way to figure out the costs from any public documents and apparently the team of Wilmington city experts can’t figure it out.
Despite their own ignorance, they expect the annexation victims to make an informed choice as to whether they want to request water and sewer services. I kind of think (maybe it is me) knowing the costs for water and sewer may be important for the Monkey Junction residents before they decide to request the services.
Wilmington, I ask you publicly:
What are the total costs? Don’t give me 2007 numbers and don’t give me some vague estimate. If you give me the numbers I will post it on this blog.
Of course, giving the numbers now is moot to Monkey Junction residents, but at least it will show that you did know the costs. While you are providing me the cost information, please tell me why you didn’t think the public should know about it.
