Double-whammy utility rate hikes are hitting us all; more to come

Many of us in Bolton Hill live in large, often drafty homes or apartments, and so we’re accustomed to, if not happy about, exorbitant utility bills in addition to high city and state taxes. But the double-whammy of a big bump in city water and sewer bill rates, paired with BGE’s surprisingly high winter gas and electric charges, has lots of neighborhood ratepayers groaning. What’s it all about and what, if anything, can be done?

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Zac Blanchard is Bolton Hill south’s new city council member

When new 11th District city council member Zac Blanchard took his oath of office on Dec. 5,  he quickly discovered that his assigned office in the main city hall building would not house his authorized staff. Then he learned that his offer to a man whom he wanted as his legislative director had been screwed up by the city’s personnel office.

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