Ridgewood NJ, The day of reckoning maybe at hand for Ridgewood Water. The class action lawsuit filed against Ridgewood Water by three of the municipalities Glen Rock, Wyckoff, and Midland Park it serves will go to trial April 5 in Bergen County Superior Court.
Ridgewood Water, a public utility owned by the Village of Ridgewood, provides water to Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Glen Rock, and Midland Park. The law suit, filed on behalf of ratepayers in 2011, seeks the complete repeal of the utility’s 37 percent rate increase since 2010. Ridgewood representatives claim the increase was necessary for the utility to stay solvent. The lawsuit claims that the utility artificially inflated its costs by commingling Village cost with that of Ridgewood water.
Ridgewood elected officials skipped out a meeting with retired Judge Peter E. Doyne on January 8th that was set up to try and settle the lawsuit. So there was nothing left for the parties to do but press forward with the lawsuit.
oh the shit is going to hit the fan hard, I hope they bring john spano to court, he knows all the scams.
who is to blame. the old manager,s mayor,s and council. they had to know about this if it is true. RIGHT.
the talk on the street is suze water will buy ridgewood water.
You sound like Paul Aronsohn 4:13. Lets wait till after the law suit to see who is the blame or you can join your friend the Mayor and blame Gabbert.
Gabbert was the one who put a stop to the practice of taking the surplus from the water co. And using it in the general fund for the village
Maybe Gabbert was not so bad after all …