Want to witness the final nail in the coffin of water debt?

Citizens for Oconee's Future, Inc.
P. O. Box 1301
Watkinsville, GA 30677

The hearing to validate the $66,000,000 Oconee County bond issue for its 3.5 million gallons per day share will be held at 9:30AM Nov. 6th at the Walton County Courthouse, Monroe, GA. Citizens who wish to intervene should read the legal announcement published in the Oconee Enterprise 10/25/07 and proceed accordingly.

The Tuesday night Board of Commissioners meeting was quite a spectacle, primarily for what was missing. While they spent a considerable amount of time congratulating themselves on how well they have handled the water "crises" and how much water consumption has dropped, not a word was mentioned about the fact that water revenue drops along with reduced water consumption. All that projected revenue used to justify spending so much on so little in Walton County will evaporate just as quickly as the Bear Creek water has evaporated.

Not a word was mentioned about long term water use reductions such as limiting rezones, building permits etc. Just a lot of talk about finding other sources such as wells. I believe without a doubt this crowd would spend every last cent the citizens could produce and pump the ground dry just to keep rezoning and building. Its disgusting. Just keep in mind that all references to more reservoirs are not for your benefit. Additional reservoirs come with additional users. If we had 10 more reservoirs and all the people to go with them we would be in the same situation we are now in, just 10 times worse.

Charles Baugh

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