Utility bills double, triple for Gulfport residents, city responds
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- People in Gulfport said their water bills have double and in some cases tripled this month. Residents said they weren't home to use the water because of the storms.
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Government math the rate goes up 8% and your bill doubles. Wtf??
Shady Business.
This is the same thing they did in Europe and for one month those people had 1000 dollar bills it's crap they are seeing what they can get away with
Exactly
We have a data log we know when you're home and when you're not. That worries me more then a bill.
Seriously creepy
@@Joegreen-r1i it’s called a meter!?
Yes most people know it's called a meter how do they know when you're home or not when they come and read it depending on your jurisdiction once a month or once every three months.
@@Joegreen-r1i the data is put into a computer. If there’s no movement coming from a location, then it’s assumed no one is home. In my experience, if there’s no activity coming from a location then it’s assumed that no one’s home, or no one is using the resource. Where I lived many moons ago, if our water bill went up a ridiculous amount for example, then that meant there was a water leak somewhere. And that turned out to be true 100% of the time. But this was a small community so we took care of our selves. Nowadays, who knows what types of shenanigans, could be going on if any. There are less and less guard rails on people trying to make a buck, but then there are sometimes more obvious reasons to a problem like I stated above .
The 8% rate increase does NOT address the USAGE increase! Something's rotten in Gulfport.
The city may have raised the price per gallon used, but people are wanting to know why the city is saying they used 2 or 3 times as much water when NO one was home?
I think the squirrel on the fence had something to do with this. He seems suspicious.
01:58 🐿️
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🐿️ "Hope they don't find the illegal tap system we made to provide drinking water to all the squirrels in the city."
I thought it was unlawful to price gouge during an emergency
@@sootymammal2891 I’ve never seen that go into law. It’s called supply and demand, and if you pay attention to what just happened in the surrounding areas of Florida, where hotels, and motels were doubling prices because there was gonna be demand due to the hurricane. It’s called Capitalism, lol! Get the money while you can is the motto for some of these greedy groups. No shame. I don’t normally believe politicians, but at least the vice president, is talking about cracking down even more on price gauging during emergencies. Some states need rent control as well because the state I live in doesn’t, and these greedy landlords are just milking the citizens and causing more homelessness. 😡
If we don't check them now we will have bills so much you can't pay they will keep increasing until it's unpayable you watch
you should know your living in the age of madness
The Age of Greed.
Sure felons for president
The city manager looks like a crook😡
In Calif the electric bills tripled. The meters are probably rigged.
In California, the new flat rate for electricity is $24.15 per month, but low-income customers and those living in deed-restricted affordable housing may be eligible for a discounted rate of $6 or $12. The rate cut can vary by utility, season, and time of day, and can range from 8% to 18%.
The average residential electricity rate in California is 32 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is 72% higher than the national average of 19 cents per kWh. The average residential energy usage in California is 535 kWh per month, which amounts to an average bill of approximately $174.20.
Seniors may qualify for a discount on their energy bill through the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) Program. This program offers a 30-35% discount on electric bills and a 20% discount on natural gas bills.
@@Immaculatemessenger theres no way Calif electric bills are $25month! That’s 1975 prices, I’m going to ask everyone I kno who lives there if their bills are $25 month. I had the 25% employee discount & my bills were still $500 in summer, thermostat set at 82, new energy efficient windows, for $3300 I had additional attic insulation sprayed in. 2/2 home at 1350sq ft. The rates literally tripled overnight. I’m SO glad I left Calif, for many reasons. I set my AC at 73 in summer and my bill is $110 per month & my hse is all electric! electric water heater, stove, 2 refrigerators & security lights etc.
theres no way you can justify .32c a kWh! There’s some trickery in 535 kWh average usage, like spring & fall or beach cities. I’m building a custom home on 25AC & it’s 100% solar. That’s what my advice is to everybody in Calif - Go solar!
Where do you think they learn from...
@@Immaculatemessenger Important information. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely they are if you have a smart meter
It's the same in the UK, water bills increasing due to water companies being fined and bankruptcy so taking it out on customers
Vigilance committees would stop this real quick. We must band together and save ourselves and our country. There is no where else to go. Cowardice is the real problem
Shady as hell.
I live in Gulfport, and over the past months including this one, have had highly irregular water bills. A few days ago, I was at my rental house where the worst of the bills (tripled) happened. A plumber did find a SMALL toilet leak, but the meter never moved over days. It shot up to $375 from $100 in one month. The second month there was only a four day overlap of "leak" due to the plumber's toilet repair, but the next bill was still $275 (approx). A few days ago the meter guy from the City of Gulfport stopped by to announce he was replacing the meter with a smart meter. I asked if they were doing upgrades and he said they were. I suspect the meter system has been wrong and has been charging customers enormous amounts due to faulty meters. My home meter this month indicates no abnormal use, but my bill was over $100. And in my experience in the past, you can fight with Gulfport over the water bill all you want, but they won't budge.
gmt will tell city utilities to dramatically increase utilities (use any excuse) in order to make private home ownership too expensive for pple so the gmt takes the property away, in order to drive people to live only in the lg cities of any state/province/country. they re corralling the masses into lgr cities, for a reason, like herding lemmings, in order to send am ee mp pea which will demise/off the masses, the polkedup ones...
Sounds like projected usage by the computer. Do they have an AI computer?
We live in Safety Harbor and moved into our home in 2021. We owned the home for 3 months without living in it. My husband lived in a rental and would come to our home 2-3 times a week to check on the house and add water to pool when needed. There was occasional use of water inside for toilet flushing and hand washing. Our first water and sewer bill was over $300.
My parents live in Tarpon Springs in the same house since 1976. A few years ago they received a $1,000 water bill. City told them too bad for you. They paid it instead of fighting the charge.
Yep they bank on that.
They got charged for all the water from the storm.
The sewer part of the bill is supposed to be in direct proportion to usage. So they must increase usage in order to increase sewage, but sewage is always much more than water.
8% is NOT double or triple?! This is a cash grab!! People need to be jailed behind this!!!
Keep telling your friends how great Florida is 😂😂
my house been empty for 60 days and still got a bill for 160
Florida doing some crazy shit
Not just Florida buddy
It’s happening in all small towns in West Texas because everyone is leaving the town and the rest have to make up the lost income to city 😢😢😢
It’s basic math that some people can’t seem to understand, the same with saving money on solar, with lost revenue everyone bill will go up
Those bills are that high because there's no source of freshwater in the Clearwater and St. Petersburg areas. My water bill has run just under $20 for the last 12 years just north of the Tampa area because I live where they steal water from.
Gulfport is bordering St Petersburg Florida.
Nonsense they spiked all the bills to defer costs but didn't fire noone
No real answer to this just will look over each case individually. City manager James sounds like a creeper also
Where is Gulfport???
WOULD BE NICE IF THE TH-cam CHANNEL HAD IT'S LOCATION POSTED IN THE CHANNEL NAME!
I live in Gulfport Florida. We are located on the south part of St. Petersburg, on Boca Ciega Bay. It's a small town with a small town government.
Gulfport always gets the short end of the stick.
“That’s Bidenomics.” (Insert cringy laughing here)
That’s BS, ask your governor.
That’s completely local…. City decision bud.
Brilliant observation, maybe you can explain, in great detail, how republican run state, that gets to set it's own energy and utilities cost, is somehow connected to the federal government. I'll wait. (While cringily laughing at you)
So what you guys are saying is, nationwide inflation has no affect on local inflation? Got it 👍🏼
@@GodBlessedAmerica who’s inflating the prices, and not paying their fair share of taxes? 🤔
Greed
They have to pay retirement… for city
Employees… inflation it comes when the dollar is devalued…. Which means the dollars worth about $.10. 😂 my question is what will you do when it’s not worth even a penny..😏
Welcome to capitalism
What do u think that guys salary is probably way over paid
Florida is NOT paradise! It is a living hell! Make the smart move, like I did in 2022: GET OUT OF FLORIDA!
Maybe you were in the wrong trailer park
@@richardmesser1091 I am a native-born Floridian, having lived 46 of my 60 years down there. I have seen the deterioration of the state over the decades! I retired from my job of 35 years, sold my house, and departed. Do not give me your trailer park crap!
Red state math! 🟥