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New water meter issues and your calls · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Chuck Douglas at the Power Hour on six' TEN wtv
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  Speaker 1: and just got done talking With i'm gonna call Him
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  Speaker 1: elon as well As Eric delbert about this water. Situation
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  Speaker 1: eric got a threat on the door up there of
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  Speaker 1: led firearms And elon got his water just turned. Off
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  Speaker 1: they just came, out check the security, Cameras no knock
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  Speaker 1: on the, door no. Nothing some guy shows, up turns
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  Speaker 1: off his water and puts a sticker on his door
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  Speaker 1: that says he's been turned, off and he called and
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  Speaker 1: they said it was for non compliance because apparently he
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  Speaker 1: did not see a piece of mail where they said
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  Speaker 1: we need to come out and put new mater in
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  Speaker 1: and so because he didn't make an appointment for them
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  Speaker 1: to come do, that they turned off the, water an
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  Speaker 1: essential element of life and. Sanitation this isn't a for
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  Speaker 1: profit entity out, there not a private or a publicly held.
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  Speaker 1: Corporation this is the city, government the same city government that,
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  Speaker 1: says you, know firearms and, homes that's a that's a
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  Speaker 1: public health. Crisis but apparently denying you you're a ability
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  Speaker 1: to flush is not a public health crisis because they
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  Speaker 1: need to get their. Way So elon has the water back.
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  Speaker 1: On apparently about one o'clock this afternoon they turned it back.
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  Speaker 1: On he has an appointment for them to come out
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  Speaker 1: and install their new meter in Late. July it is
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  Speaker 1: such an imperative we're gonna come out and cut off
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  Speaker 1: your water right. Now it's such an. Imperative it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: take us till Late july to come out and actually
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  Speaker 1: put this new meter in that we're insisting on. Put
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  Speaker 1: it's this, ridiculous. RIDICULOUS i got a message from. Here
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  Speaker 1: somebody here said my son went through the same, thing
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  Speaker 1: exact same, Thing so apparently this is. UH i don't
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  Speaker 1: know the choice of the new. Generation if you WILL
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  Speaker 1: a two one nine eighty six my number eight two ONE.
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  Speaker 1: Wtv and let's get some calls in. Here we've got
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  Speaker 1: people standing by who's been on hold the. Longest looks
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  Speaker 1: Like frank is on hold the, longest so we will
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  Speaker 1: start with. Him, frank you're in The Legacy Retirement group
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  Speaker 1: dot com phone line. Type i'm not Hearing frank, now
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  Speaker 1: very can you hear? Me?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, first my experiences With Columbus water And sewer has
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  Speaker 2: been perfect over the. Years but they do have the
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  Speaker 2: Company Vepo metering AND i got the postcard on the
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  Speaker 2: house that we're, flipping and they did it a year.
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  Speaker 2: Ago the only COMPLAINT i had on that was when
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  Speaker 2: the guy was going to drill the hole with a
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  Speaker 2: little wire at a new, LOCATION i, said, well you
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  Speaker 2: need to go outside the house to make sure my
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  Speaker 2: down spout's not, there and he said. Oh and then
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  Speaker 2: also at our car, wash we had vepo. Metering it
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  Speaker 2: was an engine half water. LINE i got the postcard
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  Speaker 2: in the mail AND i called and. Scheduled they usually
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  Speaker 2: schedule a few weeks in, advance and that the two
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  Speaker 2: people came out and did the engine a half, meter no.
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  Speaker 2: Problems BUT i do want to mention a couple of quick.
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  Speaker 2: Things if you don't Mind Columbus water And.
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  Speaker 3: Power they.
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  Speaker 2: REBRANDED i don't represent anyone, here and apparently they're going
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  Speaker 2: to start farming out like the, employees like when you
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  Speaker 2: have The division Of sewer And, drains you know those
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  Speaker 2: are union. Things, well And i'm just. Concerned remember When
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  Speaker 2: section eight like farmed out their stuff and it went.
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  Speaker 1: Downhill, yeah well we had this situation a couple of years. Ago,
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  Speaker 1: frank what was it they were? Doing and they were
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  Speaker 1: sending contractors in homes that had no. Licenser, NO i
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  Speaker 1: mean they were just whoever they could. Hire what was, That,
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  Speaker 1: Zach do you remember where the city. Was they found
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  Speaker 1: out that these people had no qualifications, whatsoever but the
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  Speaker 1: city was sending them. In there's ten ninety nine people
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  Speaker 1: to do some.
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  Speaker 2: Work are you talking about what the water?
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  Speaker 1: METERS i can't remember what it was. FOR i feel
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  Speaker 1: LIKE i was associated with, water but it's been in
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of.
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  Speaker 2: Years, well, well when vepo metering first, started there was
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  Speaker 2: a couple of times when the person came out to
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  Speaker 2: touch the water out of it broke and they didn't
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  Speaker 2: have the shuttle tool for the yard curve. Box so,
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  Speaker 2: ALSO i want you to know That i've found out
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  Speaker 2: that the water lines that are in the, ground they
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  Speaker 2: potentially could be made out of plastic, copper galvanized piper.
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  Speaker 2: Lead the city has got another program that they're trying
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  Speaker 2: to get rid of all that we can be thankful
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  Speaker 2: for all this stuff that they're trying to make everything.
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  Speaker 1: Safe, Well i'll be thankful once it's. Done the like
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  Speaker 1: my problem with that is they made a promise on McCoy.
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  Speaker 1: Park they voted. It it was an ordinance passed by
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  Speaker 1: council and they went back on. It they promised Through
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  Speaker 1: Project blueprint all the installation of all these sump pumps
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  Speaker 1: in The franklinton area and The hilltop. Area then the
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  Speaker 1: jobs didn't get. Done they walked away conveniently forgot about.
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  Speaker 1: It what they say they're trying to do with our
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  Speaker 1: antiquated combined sewer system in the, City i'll believe it
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  Speaker 1: when it's actually done.
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  Speaker 2: Right and then one more, thing just to, mention in
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  Speaker 2: The city Of, Columbus, ohio the city council is going
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  Speaker 2: to have the landlords register their rental. Units you have
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  Speaker 2: to pay fifteen dollars per rental unit in The city Of,
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  Speaker 2: columbus AND i think it's up to the maximum you
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  Speaker 2: would pay with the five thousand dollars if you own
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  Speaker 2: hundreds of rental. Units and the purpose of that or
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  Speaker 2: is to make sure you run a unit has proper
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  Speaker 2: like seating or electrical or. Plumbing so there's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: inspections probably. Required you could look at that up on The.
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  Speaker 2: Internet and a lot of that is related to when
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  Speaker 2: these outtown landlords they get these buildings and they run
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  Speaker 2: them down and they you, know then the city has
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  Speaker 2: to come in and bail them out for three to
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  Speaker 2: four million. Dollars and SO i want to cut the
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  Speaker 2: flitty a little slack. Today they're trying their. BEST i
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  Speaker 2: did get my postcards AND i CALLED Upo metering and you,
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  Speaker 2: know but change is.
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  Speaker 1: Hard, Yeah i'm not going to say if there's a
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  Speaker 1: reasonable you, know we got to put these in because
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  Speaker 1: we're they actually they actually came to my house about
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  Speaker 1: three four years ago and they wanted to install a
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  Speaker 1: meter because my water usage was too. LOW i, said
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  Speaker 1: what are you talked, About, well your water usage is gone.
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  Speaker 1: DOWN i, said perhaps that's BECAUSE i raised four children
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  Speaker 1: and they are gone. Now but they insisted on putting
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  Speaker 1: a new meter in because my bill wasn't high enough
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  Speaker 1: for them, anymore WHICH i just, said, RIGHT i found that,
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  Speaker 1: humorous but.
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  Speaker 2: You, know and then and then the purpose of these.
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  Speaker 2: METERS i talked to the guy reading mine. Yesterday he
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  Speaker 2: was walking the. Street he said, eventually he, said he
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  Speaker 2: would just drive around with a. Laptop so we need
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  Speaker 2: everyone to CALL Vepo metering to get their meters, replaced
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  Speaker 2: because one day the guy that walks around isn't going
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  Speaker 2: to be doing that. Anymore and it's just a change.
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  Speaker 1: They have and that's a problem as self driving, cars
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  Speaker 1: one of those self driving cars or.
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  Speaker 2: Something you watch, Right like when you get an eviction,
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  Speaker 2: notice there's a process you have to go. Through they
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  Speaker 2: give the the landlord gives the three day notice that
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  Speaker 2: the court system puts another notice so that, whoever IF
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  Speaker 2: Vpo metering is listing right, now they should have stuck
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  Speaker 2: a sticker on that guy's door first and say if
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  Speaker 2: you don't call, us we're shutting you. Off and.
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  Speaker 3: Whatever i'm with, You.
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  Speaker 1: Frank and the, metering the outside metering companies that bugs,
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  Speaker 1: me especially like these apartment communities and so, forth where
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  Speaker 1: the water is marked up on top of the actual water,
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  Speaker 1: bill because they're charging the tenants more than what the
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  Speaker 1: water would cost if you were getting it directly from
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  Speaker 1: the city Of. COLUMBUS i don't know what the advantage
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  Speaker 1: to the citizens is supposed to be by allowing that to.
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  Speaker 1: Happen you're not serving the citizenry by allowing them to
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  Speaker 1: pay higher bills for an element essential for. Life, rochelle
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  Speaker 1: you're on SIX NAUTV.
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  Speaker 4: N all, Right, chuck glad it's covering. This thanks for doing,
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  Speaker 4: it And i'm going to try to be. QUICK i
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  Speaker 4: got two quick, things all. RIGHT i will SAY i
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  Speaker 4: do believe they were trying to do voicemails for, people
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  Speaker 4: BECAUSE I, i of course somehow missed the snail. Mail
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  Speaker 4: BUT i did get a spooky voicemail one day AND
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  Speaker 4: i was, like oh my, gosh and it said please
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  Speaker 4: make sure you call this number or. Something it was
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  Speaker 4: A columbus you want to have your we need to
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  Speaker 4: put your new meter. In the number was six one
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  Speaker 4: four or five two six nine one. Seven and what
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  Speaker 4: they said in this pointment was something to these of
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  Speaker 4: do you want to make sure that you are in,
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  Speaker 4: compliance so make sure you call? Us, okay, so and
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  Speaker 4: then also spooky. Wastemail i'm going to try to be.
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  Speaker 4: Incofinance so the guy came out AND i, said why
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  Speaker 4: are they doing? This and he said to, ME i
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  Speaker 4: don't want to get anyone in. TROUBLE i Hope i'm
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  Speaker 4: not getting him in. Trouble he was a super nice.
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  Speaker 4: Guy he, said, well you know what the old, meters
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  Speaker 4: then you have an older, Meter they're not as, accurate he.
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  Speaker 4: Said these new meters measure every little tiny bit of
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  Speaker 4: that water that comes, through and it sounds like the
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  Speaker 4: old meters were up to ten to fifteen percent, inaccurate
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  Speaker 4: so it was underestimating a person's water. Usage so, unfortunately
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  Speaker 4: if you get a new, meter you probably will have
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  Speaker 4: a little bit higher.
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  Speaker 1: Rate what you just said was that were you just
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  Speaker 1: making up a phone number or was that the number
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  Speaker 1: they left?
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  Speaker 4: You, no that's real.
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  Speaker 1: Number that's something. Else IF i get a voicemail that you,
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  Speaker 1: know starts with call us at five two, Six i'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to assume that's the city Of. Columbus city
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  Speaker 1: numbers are six four.
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  Speaker 4: Five well it said it said six one four five
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  Speaker 4: six ohn nine month. SEVEN i never called, it just
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  Speaker 4: BECAUSE i luckily had another thing i'd get. HOLD i
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  Speaker 4: didn't call. It number that was. SPOOKY i was, like
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  Speaker 4: they said you want to be in. COMPLIANCE i just
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  Speaker 4: called the number on my water bill AND i, said
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  Speaker 4: what is this all? About and they, said you need
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  Speaker 4: a new meter that compliance.
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  Speaker 1: Things that's like the board resistance is, futile you know
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  Speaker 1: It JUST i don't don't like the sound of that at. All,
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  Speaker 1: rochelle thank you very much for the.
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  Speaker 3: Call.
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  Speaker 1: Chris let's get you on The Legacy Retirement group dot
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  Speaker 1: com phone.
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  Speaker 3: Lines, Hello, Hello, hello this Is, chris how are?
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  Speaker 1: YOU i am? Fine how are?
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  Speaker 3: You i'm. OKAY i had a little history of this
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  Speaker 3: THAT i wanted to add to your meter. CONVERSATION i
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  Speaker 3: READ i don't, know on it dispatcher the internet within
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  Speaker 3: the last year or, something that they were going to
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  Speaker 3: upgrade the. Meters but the information didn't say why other
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  Speaker 3: than implied that they were older meters and they wanted
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  Speaker 3: to have newer, meters that the older meters might not
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  Speaker 3: be working right and. Stuff but they didn't reference a
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  Speaker 3: city council meeting or anything like, that referencing to, me
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  Speaker 3: this is. Expensive how? Expensive how many millions of dollars
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  Speaker 3: are they going to spend and add to our water
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  Speaker 3: bills just to change the. Meters as far AS i,
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  Speaker 3: know my meters working. Fine the ONE i have it
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  Speaker 3: has an outside read on. It they don't have to
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  Speaker 3: come in the house to go to the. Basement they
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  Speaker 3: read it every. MONTH i pay it every. MONTH i
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  Speaker 3: pay their sewage a fee and the water. Fee AND
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  Speaker 3: i don't like that they don't run the city like a.
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  Speaker 3: Business if you're a, business if this IS wtvn or
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  Speaker 3: some other business doing this, decision they consider the cost
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  Speaker 3: of all this and it's like the cities completely, obliviate
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  Speaker 3: oblivious to, it or the water company's oblivious to. It
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  Speaker 3: AND i think that's. WRONG i think they should run
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  Speaker 3: it like a business and somebody should have put a
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  Speaker 3: pencil to and published it and then maybe had a
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  Speaker 3: city council meeting.
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  Speaker 1: Discussion but, yeah you make a good about the council.
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  Speaker 1: MEETING i don't know by what authority this is being.
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  Speaker 1: Done if it's it's we are a public, utility, well
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  Speaker 1: then again you're there's the argument you're acting like a,
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  Speaker 1: corporation but at the same time you're claiming the authority
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  Speaker 1: of a public. Entity those two can't go, together, Right
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  Speaker 1: and but the.
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  Speaker 3: Whole thing is is it costs a lot of money
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  Speaker 3: to switch out the, meter the labor and then the new,
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  Speaker 3: meter and we don't know if the new meter is
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  Speaker 3: gonna be any more accurate than the old. Meter it
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  Speaker 3: seems like, there if it's not, broke don't fix it.
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  Speaker 3: Yet now maybe they're gonna make it like THE ap
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  Speaker 3: meter that they can control it from downtown and, stuff
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  Speaker 3: BUT i, Don't and then they should have mentally justified
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  Speaker 3: do we need?
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  Speaker 1: That, YEAH i AS i was telling that other, Caller,
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  Speaker 1: CHRIS i bet, You and it won't take very long
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  Speaker 1: after they get all these, done before we've got automated
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  Speaker 1: cars or, hell they may even have a drone fly
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  Speaker 1: over your neighborhood to read your. Meters this eliminates, jobs
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  Speaker 1: it eliminates, people.
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  Speaker 3: Right but but to be it's how inconvenient is it
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  Speaker 3: for it's the poor guy who called first THAT i
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  Speaker 3: heard they shut off his water for our. Day, yes
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  Speaker 3: and they didn't even you, know you'd think they required
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  Speaker 3: be required to knock on your door and say we're
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  Speaker 3: here to cut off your.
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  Speaker 1: Meter even My amazon And ups guys will do. That
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  Speaker 1: they'll put a little knock on the door when they
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  Speaker 1: drop a. Package if you're going to cut off the
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  Speaker 1: water to my, House, yes, Absolutely. Chris you should at
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  Speaker 1: least at least have the requirement that you knock on
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  Speaker 1: the door in case somebody's, home and if somebody answers the,
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  Speaker 1: door you should have the ability to, say, okay well
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  Speaker 1: we need to schedule you and do the scheduling right.
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  Speaker 1: There you got, smartphones you got, tablets you got wireless
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  Speaker 1: and cellular. Connections you could do it right, there common
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  Speaker 1: sense and common. Courtesy but seems LIKE i don't know
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  Speaker 1: we're out of both. Anymore