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Submitted By: John Submitted: 2/1/2010
The story of Pikeville raising electic another 7% is totally crazy every year they raise it. It is not the people of Pikeville's problem that the town does not know how to manage it's money they need to get out of the electric business and stop playing this rip-off game John Pikeville

Submitted By: Chad Submitted: 4/23/2010
The problem with the Pikeville board is that they vote on issues and do not see the long term consequences. The issue with raising the electric bill comes directly from the previous mismanagement of the contracts they hold. A budget for a town must be managed like any business. You cannot pay out more in utility usage and contracts than you are taking in, the money has to come from somewhere. The increase does not lead to a surplus of funds that hit the bottom line. The town has placed itself in a hole and the increase is just a small step to try to crawl out. It will take responsible citizens and town leadership to work through these issues together and make it out the other side.

 
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