2 CANDIDATES AIM TO HALT RATE HIKES IN HELIX WATER DISTRICT

by ECM | October 23, 2014 3:35 am

 

 

East County News Service

Four candidates are running for two seats on the Helix Water District Board.  We invited all four to be interviewed on our radio show and two of them responded. In our radio interviews, we asked candidates their views on the drought, creating new regional water supplies, the tiered rate structure, budget priorities, the future of Lake Jennings, and transparency, among other issues.

You can listen to their interviews here:

Kathleen Hedberg interview: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/audio/2019/August/Newsmaker-HedburgKathleenHelixWater.mp3

Steven Rotsart interview:  https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/audio/2019/August/Newsmaker-Rotsart-Steven-HelixWater-final.mp3

Hedberg is an incumbent and civil engineer who is running as a ratepayers’ advocate. She voted against rate hikes passed by the board majority.  Her opponent is Maria Mariscal, who has worked for the County Water Authority. 

Rotsart says he’s running because rates are too high, having nearly tripled in the past nine years. He He believes his experience in nonprofits will help him bring financial accountability to the board. He is running against incumbent Deana Verbeke, whose website says she is a voice of ratepayers but who voted consistently to raise rates despite objections from the vast majority of ratepayers who submitted public comments.

You can view all candidates’ websites here:

Kathleen Hedburg: http://www.votehedberg.org/[1]

Maria Mariscal: http://www.mariscalvalueswater.com/meet-maria.html[2]

Steven Rotsart: http://www.steven4water.com/[3]

Deana Verbeke:  http://www.reelectverbeke.com/[4]

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