‘Learn from Felton: No on O!’ TV Ad & PUBLIC WATER NOW: ‘The Truth About Felton,’ Food and Water Watch: ‘An Overview of the Successful Public Purchase of the Felton Water System,’ Fact Sheet, November 2013

ABSTRACT: The recent “No ON O” TV ad (32-seconds) featuring Beth Hollenbeck, Felton Resident & Teacher, is featured. In the ad/video, Beth Hollenbeck claims “WATER RATES ARE UP 60%” and she is “PAYING ALMOST $13,980 MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES” due to the successful 2005 public water takeover vote in Felton. However, “In 2008, at the request of Felton households, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District purchased the Felton water system from California American Water. American Water and other companies have tried to distort this successful public purchase to undermine other local buyout efforts.1 Communities should not heed these corporate scare tactics. Felton has benefited from local, public control of its water services, ” according to PUBLIC WATER NOW: The Truth About Felton and Food and Water Watch: An Overview of the Successful Public Purchase of the Felton Water System, Fact Sheet, November 2013.

Learn from Felton: No on O!
Risk We Cannot Afford
Published on Apr 30, 2014
A 2005 public water takeover in Felton has led to increased water bills and property taxes. Don't make the same mistake in Monterey - vote no on Measure O. www.riskwecannotafford.com

ADDENDUM:
San Lorenzo Valley Water District

PUBLIC WATER NOW: The Truth About Felton

An Overview of the Successful Public Purchase of the Felton Water System
“In 2008, at the request of Felton households, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District purchased the Felton water system from California American Water. American Water and other companies have tried to distort this successful public purchase to undermine other local buyout efforts.1 Communities should not heed these corporate scare tactics. Felton has benefited from local, public control of its water services.”

Felton Households Are Saving Hundreds of Dollars a Year With Public Control
“Public ownership saved a Felton household about 30 percent, or $500, in 2011.”

Felton Households Have Control Over Their Water Rates and Service

Felton Households Overwhelmingly Supported the Public Purchase

Water Corporations May Try To Inflate the Value of Their Water System

Source: An Overview of the Successful Public Purchase of the Felton Water System,’ Fact Sheet, November 2013, Food & Water Watch

REFERENCES:

An Overview of the Successful Public Purchase of the Felton Water System, Food & Water Watch, Purchase of the Felton Water System, November 8th, 2013

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