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How is it that the NEORSD or any public entity can "write off" [2] bad debt?
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/regional_sewer_district_writes.html [3]
Just wondering who exactly are these folks? Are the MAJOR outstanding bills due to companies, LLCs, or just mom and pop households?
"Many of these are foreclosures," said Demmerle. "It's the second biggest amount," she said, comprising about 18 percent of the uncollectible accounts
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But about half the problem accounts belong to people who simply walked away from paying their final bills when they moved. (And the NEORSD does not have expensive legal counsel to pursue these bills???)
Let me tell you something:
Senior residents in my neighborhood have to decide whether they can afford the water or the sewer bill, and when they don't pay the sewer bill, then that lien appears on their property tax bill and the first installment of those bills are due on January 25th... [4]hey NEORSD, can these folks get a break??? Here's a snap shot of a family I know well--both seniors, speak English as a second language, disabled--with NO mortgage on their home:
| C170100E-NEORSD (DELQ SEWER) | 1st half tax | 573.53 | 0.00 | 573.53 |
| 1ST HALF BALANCE | 573.53 | 0.00 | 573.53 | |
| 2nd half tax | 573.53 | 0.00 | 573.53 | |
| 2ND HALF BALANCE | 573.53 | 0.00 | 573.53 | |
| TOTAL BALANCE | 7,206.69 | 1,071.55 | 6,135.14 |
I think this needs phrased another way..."Due to our incompetence at collecting money, we are passing the bad debt to our good customers."
That is the reality.
2023 reporting: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/cleveland-water-keeps-losing-in-court-but-doesnt-stop-citys-questionable-spending-property-liens-shutoffs
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