I read with amazement the decision by ESCOSA, the Essential Services Commission of South Australia for SA Water to lower it's standards, AND STILL keep charging huge amounts for supply of water.
I can't fathom the reasoning of saying to SA Water, "Hey guys, lower your standards, keep charging huge amounts for water, and we'll stick it to the public".
What a load of bullshit!
It almost stinks of ESCOSA being in bed with these companies, and getting some sort of kick-back. I'm sure that's not happening, but where is the reasoning. I know there has to be a balance of determining a reasonable response time to faults and emergencies, but it has to be countered in the other direction as well.
I'm sick to death of services and commissions being on the side of big business. You can bet your bottom dollar, SA Water is top heavy with senior staff on huge salaries, working out of that nice new building in Victoria Square which would be costing a mint. Why not build a headquarters at Thebarton, Pooraka or Elizabeth, where land values are heaps less than the city. After all, Woolworths SA Head Office is at Pooraka way, as is Coles SA Headquarters. Why not SA Water? It's because it's a stuck up snobby thing for the company directors. It stinks of crap to me and I'm sure most South Australians are sick of being ripped off by these arsehole companies that literally hold the public to ransom, all for the sake of excess profit. We've all believed the bullshit spun to us by government before. "Privatising electricity will make the market become more competitive and prices will come down". Well, John Olsen (Who was the instigator of the ETSA sell-off), we've had nothing but huge increases in electricity ever since. Thanks John for being South Australia's worst Premier and getting us into this mess. I know, I know, we had to sell of ETSA to get us out of the State Bank bungle, but why couldn't the government put a $5 a week levy in place for six months or a year to get us out of the State Bank debacle? I would have been much happier paying a $5 a week levy for a year, and keeping ETSA the way it was and still should be.
But I digress. As the public who are being ripped off, I reckon we should start pushing our own people power around. Why not refuse to pay your SA Water bill? just imagine if 10,000 bill payers decided not to pay their bills? Woo Hoo, wouldn't that stick it up SA Water? It would literally be impossible for them to get out to ALL those non-payers and turn off the meters. even if they did, I'd just turn it back on again. Illegal, I know, but what the f**k, what are they going to do... take 10,000 people to court?
Meanwhile, take ages to pay your bill, and then when SA Water stick a late payment fee on your next bill, just underpay the bill, and don't pay the late fee. You are paying for your water, albeit, late, and they can't cut you off for not paying the late fee.
To ESCOSA, start sticking up for the public instead of being in bed with large money hungry corporations. To the government. Get the balls and stick it to these same corporations. You're here for the people, not for money hungry corporations. If we were talking about luxury items that people can do without, I couldn't care less about the profit made by the manufacturers, retailers, etc. But were are talking about basic necessities, and they government(s) see fir to allow blatant public ripoff.
Lets face it, ESCOSA is probably top heavy with senior staff on big salaries who have no real idea about the average person whilst they look down on the people out of their ivory towers!
Come on public. Time to stick it to the corporations. Lets starve SA Water of funds, and start making things tough for them. They can't take us all to court, and let's face it, if they did, I wouldn't be surprised to see magistrates throw the cases out.
Get the balls Jay Weatherill to make these companies accountable. It might just be your saviour at the next election.
It's not a criminal offence to stick up for your rights, and bill payers have rights as well. If I'm going to pay high water bills, I expect good quality drinking water and excellent service.
Simple.
Get Real
I can't fathom the reasoning of saying to SA Water, "Hey guys, lower your standards, keep charging huge amounts for water, and we'll stick it to the public".
What a load of bullshit!
It almost stinks of ESCOSA being in bed with these companies, and getting some sort of kick-back. I'm sure that's not happening, but where is the reasoning. I know there has to be a balance of determining a reasonable response time to faults and emergencies, but it has to be countered in the other direction as well.
I'm sick to death of services and commissions being on the side of big business. You can bet your bottom dollar, SA Water is top heavy with senior staff on huge salaries, working out of that nice new building in Victoria Square which would be costing a mint. Why not build a headquarters at Thebarton, Pooraka or Elizabeth, where land values are heaps less than the city. After all, Woolworths SA Head Office is at Pooraka way, as is Coles SA Headquarters. Why not SA Water? It's because it's a stuck up snobby thing for the company directors. It stinks of crap to me and I'm sure most South Australians are sick of being ripped off by these arsehole companies that literally hold the public to ransom, all for the sake of excess profit. We've all believed the bullshit spun to us by government before. "Privatising electricity will make the market become more competitive and prices will come down". Well, John Olsen (Who was the instigator of the ETSA sell-off), we've had nothing but huge increases in electricity ever since. Thanks John for being South Australia's worst Premier and getting us into this mess. I know, I know, we had to sell of ETSA to get us out of the State Bank bungle, but why couldn't the government put a $5 a week levy in place for six months or a year to get us out of the State Bank debacle? I would have been much happier paying a $5 a week levy for a year, and keeping ETSA the way it was and still should be.
But I digress. As the public who are being ripped off, I reckon we should start pushing our own people power around. Why not refuse to pay your SA Water bill? just imagine if 10,000 bill payers decided not to pay their bills? Woo Hoo, wouldn't that stick it up SA Water? It would literally be impossible for them to get out to ALL those non-payers and turn off the meters. even if they did, I'd just turn it back on again. Illegal, I know, but what the f**k, what are they going to do... take 10,000 people to court?
Meanwhile, take ages to pay your bill, and then when SA Water stick a late payment fee on your next bill, just underpay the bill, and don't pay the late fee. You are paying for your water, albeit, late, and they can't cut you off for not paying the late fee.
To ESCOSA, start sticking up for the public instead of being in bed with large money hungry corporations. To the government. Get the balls and stick it to these same corporations. You're here for the people, not for money hungry corporations. If we were talking about luxury items that people can do without, I couldn't care less about the profit made by the manufacturers, retailers, etc. But were are talking about basic necessities, and they government(s) see fir to allow blatant public ripoff.
Lets face it, ESCOSA is probably top heavy with senior staff on big salaries who have no real idea about the average person whilst they look down on the people out of their ivory towers!
Come on public. Time to stick it to the corporations. Lets starve SA Water of funds, and start making things tough for them. They can't take us all to court, and let's face it, if they did, I wouldn't be surprised to see magistrates throw the cases out.
Get the balls Jay Weatherill to make these companies accountable. It might just be your saviour at the next election.
It's not a criminal offence to stick up for your rights, and bill payers have rights as well. If I'm going to pay high water bills, I expect good quality drinking water and excellent service.
Simple.
Get Real
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