1st Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against The City of Cleveland's Division Of Water

I wonder if this will get Mayor Jackson's attention;

"Angry in Shaker", someone who has been following this site, just informed all of us, via a comment, that a Class Action Lawsuit has been filed against the Cleveland Division Of Water.

Read it below;

"For your information, a class action lawsuit was filed against the water department on June 16,2009 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Case no.09 695860, Judge Brendan J. Sheehan. It asks that the water department be required to establish rules concerning the regular reading of meters and a regular schedule for the delivery of bills. Currently, there are no such rules and the water department is not even regulated by any State agency."

Is this the first you have heard about this?

Comments

[df]

I got my revised water bill yesterday 97 dollars, down from 881 dollars. still no sewer bill though.

[Lila Hanft]

We're still waiting for a promised hearing with the Water Review Board .... It's going on 2 months and we aren't even on their schedule yet ...

[df]

Let me know how it works out for you. I can't believe these people

[JL]

I just tried to call the customer service line. A 23 minute wait.

Now, that's service!

JL

[JL]

Hi,
About the same. Now they are saying we owe $1120 total. I am not sure if that is for 2 quarters or 3 quarters. Still wrong. By a lot!

JL

[df]

Hi JL
How bad was the revised bill compared to what you usually pay?
I normally pay about 65 every 3 months

[JL]

Hi df,

I just received a "revised" water bill, also.

I don't understand it. Looks like the numbers were drawn out of a hat. And, it's still way out of line!

JL

[df]

I just got my water bill today 7/7/09. 881 dollars and 274 sewer bill. called water department and was on hold for 15 minutes. They told me to ignore bill and they will send out revised bill.