By Steve Collins, Ottawa Metro News, July 13, 2014
I sometimes think I need a personal auditor general — and perhaps some other
staff around the house the AG could blame on my behalf when domestic finances go
horribly off-track. Last week, the rotten details finally came out regarding the
city’s 20-year, $140-million contract with Orgaworld to process our green-bin
waste, which has cost taxpayers some $8 million in money-for-nothing overcharges
and $1.7 million in legal expenses so far. My household bills aren’t a pimple on
these figures, but on the same day AG Ken Hughes released his report, we got
another eye-popping invoice from our Internet-service provider, the sort where
you exceed the usage cap and the company writes itself an absurd bonus cheque,
like a water company that charges you a dime a drop. If these companies wonder
why their customers are reluctant to authorize direct withdrawals, surprise cash
grabs like this are probably reason No. 1. via
Ottawa’s Orgaworld fiasco vs your home Internet bill: Either way, it’s a rip
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