Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW) Felton Residents Produce Documentary Addressing Effort To Take Over Their Water System from Cal-Am, Defend Public Buyout & Urge Voters to Vote ‘Yes on Measure O’

ABSTRACT:  Felton residents Nancy Gerdt, Jim Mosher, Barbara Sprenger, Glenn Lyons, Alexis Krostue, Ken Meshke, John Fasolas, Michele Mosher and Donna Young Fasolas address “What made Felton residents decide to go public? Tell us about your experience with the Public Utilities Commission. What was the campaign like? What was Cal-Am’s campaign like? How did you pay for the purchase of Cal-Am? How did the vote come out? Are you saving money under public ownership? Knowing what you know today, would you vote for public ownership? What do you think of the ad featuring a Felton resident? Do you have any advice for Monterey residents?

The Truth About Felton
Published on May 14, 2014

Felton residents talk about their experiences taking over their water system from Cal-Am and dispel the lies of the commercial put out by the YES on O opposition. This documentary examines the effort starting with why they did it to how its success reduced total rates (buyout plus water charges combined), now and forever.

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Excerpt Highlights:

Within days, a group of Felton activists from the Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW) who helped engineer the takeover fired back, conducting a Yes on Measure O-backed press conference and making a video defending the buyout and accusing Hollenbeck and the ad of misleading the public by suggesting things are worse under public ownership. They argued that Felton rates are still lower today than they were under Cal Am when the system was sold in 2008, that the $14,000 on property owners' bills amount to about $39 per month over 30 years, and that public accountability had made all the effort well worth it. They urged Monterey voters to pursue public ownership.