{"id":303,"date":"2017-07-10T00:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T07:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2017-07-10T00:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T07:39:44","slug":"tempe-water-rate-increases-puzzle-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/tempe-water-rate-increases-puzzle-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempe Water Rate Increases Puzzle Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several decades ago, Tempe water rates were reasonable.\u00a0 Not anymore.\u00a0 There is a mystery as to why they have gotten so high, even at homes with desert landscaping.\u00a0 City Council members blame federal regulations.\u00a0 Of course that is some of the reason.\u00a0 Others have cited some accounting issues within the water department and its personnel.\u00a0 Councilwoman Lauren Kuby has put an article on her Facebook page addressing the issue.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But we are wondering if the outrageous salary for a public servant in the water department has anything to do with the steadily increasing water rates.<\/p>\n

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And what about this solid waste job opening, another service included in the water bills?<\/p>\n

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How many managers are in the water and waste department?\u00a0 What is the total of their salaries, benefits, sick days, and vacation days?<\/p>\n

The average salary of Tempe residents is about $50,000.\u00a0 Why are Tempe’s\u00a0PUBLIC SERVANTS<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0paid such a high wage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several decades ago, Tempe water rates were reasonable.\u00a0 Not anymore.\u00a0 There is a mystery as to why they have gotten so high, even at homes with desert landscaping.\u00a0 City Council members blame federal regulations.\u00a0 Of course that is some of the reason.\u00a0 Others have cited some accounting issues within the water department and its personnel.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxedintempe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}