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APR 2 3 1990 PAGE 284 <br />.JOHN SULLIVAN, 1455 90TH AVENUE, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND <br />SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, AND TOOK PARTICULAR <br />EXCEPTION TO A FRANCHISE. HE DID NOT THINK THAT ANY COUNTY, CITY OR <br />ANY OTHER COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT ENTITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE <br />A ItTAX It OVER WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE NO CONTROL. MR. SULLIVAN FELT <br />MR. CROSBY PRESENTED NO JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER FOR THE RATE INCREASE <br />OTHER THAN MAKING A COMPARISON BETWEEN COUNTIES. HE ADDED THAT HE <br />If <br />WOULD LI -KE TO SEE WHAT -THE COSTS INVOLVED ARE AND IF THEY ARE JUSTIFIED. <br />MR. SULLIVAN QUESTIONED IF THE FIGURES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE <br />BOARD TO ENABLE THEM TO EVALUATE THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS; HAS ANYBODY <br />AUDITED THE FIGURES TO SEE IF THEY ARE LEGITIMATE; WHAT IS THE RETURN <br />ON THEIR INVESTMENT; WHAT IS THEIR INVESTMENT; HOW DID THEY ARRIVE <br />AT THESE FIGURES; WHERE DID THEY GET THEM? HE CONTINUED THAT BACK <br />IN 1973, FLORIDA CABLEVISION WAS GRANTED AN 18% INCREASE AND IN THE <br />LAST SEVEN YEARS THEY HAVE NOT COME FORWARD FOR AN INCREASE, WHICH <br />LED HIM TO BELIEVE THAT 18% WAS FAR TOO MUCH. MR. SULLIVAN FELT <br />THE INCREASE THEY ARE ASKING FOR NOW IS 100% PROFIT, AND NOW IS <br />NOT THE TIME TO INCREASE A COMPANY IS PROFITS BUT TIME TO HOLD THE <br />LINE, AS SUGGESTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL GUIDELINES. HE THEN GAVE THE <br />BOARD A RECENT EXPERIENCE HE HAD WITH CABLEVISION CONCERNING A RE- <br />CONNECT CHARGE WHEN THERE WAS NO RECONNECTING DONE. MR. SULLIVAN <br />ALSO ADVISED HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING A PRIOR BILL CORRECTED. <br />HE CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT HE OPPOSED A RATE INCREASE AS HE FELT <br />IT WOULD BE AN IMPOSITION TO THOSE WITH A FIXED INCOME, AND HE WOULD <br />LIKE TO SEE CORRECTIONS MADE IN THE BILLING PROCEDURES. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, 815 26TH AVENUE, STEPPED FORWARD AND <br />SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE RATE INCREASE. HE ADVISED THAT THE <br />CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IS NOW 239.8, OR 41� ON THE DOLLAR, AND THE <br />COUNTY HAS MANY RETIREES LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME AND THIS RATE <br />INCREASE WOULD BE HARD ON THEM. MR. KOOLAGE OBJECTED TO THE FACT <br />THAT HE HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REACH CABLEVISION WHEN HIS TELEVISION <br />IS OUT, AS THEIR LINE IS ALWAYS BUSY. <br />30 <br />HE REALIZED THAT THE COST OF <br />1 <br />