If you have been following the escapades of the BCWA, and their use of ratepayers money.. you will know that the Anawan Club filed a complaint in September in Superior Court requesting payment of funds long over due. The suit seeks $300,000 to cover the cost of work that the BCWA has allegedly failed to perform at the site.
BCWA hired a new law firm in March. Shortly thereafter, the new firm filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in Superior Court.
A hearing was held on May 16, 2013 and on June 20, 2013 the Court issued an order denying relief by default. (The Court declined their motion to dismiss the complaint on the basis of the new firm's failure to respond within the time allowed which is called a default.)
As it developed, the firm failed to file their objection within the time allotted and now claims the notice of denial was misfiled by their office and they didn’t discover this until sometime in July. On July 25th they filed a motion to Vacate the Default on the basis their error was an excusable mistake.
It would appear this “excusable mistake” is a source of additional expense to the consumers of BWCA’s product. Some things never change.
When will ratepayers realize that the BCWA is eons from being run in a business-like manner (As a matter of fact, Director Janneto has stated on more than one occasion that "We don't need to be run as business; we are a public service"). It is high time to bring it under the PUC.
And this is the group that just voted itself quite a substantial raise... was it 13%? Didn't the rates just go up 12%?
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