UPDATE ON AN ONGOING COTTONWOOD WATER BILL FEE INVESTIGATION

SHOCKING NEWS FOR COTTONWOOD WATER BILL PAYERS: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE YOUR WATER REVENUES ARE GOING TO??? YOU WILL SOON FIND OUT... COMING SOON ON VERDE VILLAGE NEWS: RESULTS OF AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF COTTONWOOD WATER BILL FEES. Sherry Twamley--Verde Village News publisher--recently started an investigation on behalf of the City of Cottonwood's 9,000 municipal water bill payers who want to know how/where their inflated water bill revenues are going to. Her early research reveals that more than 100 questionable expenditures were made from Water Utility Reserve Funds (including the Water Resource Development Fund, Water Source Assurance Fund, Gila River Adjudication Fund, & Water Conservation Fund, see attached) during fiscal years 2017 year-to-date, 2016 and 2015 that appear to be inappropriately charged to water bill payers for the so-called 'Environmental Education Center"; Desert Dragons Promotional Products LLC, brochure racks, booklets for kindergartners, Sci Tech expenses,educational books, advertising/graphics/promotions (including embroidery, silk screening, promotions) and tens of thousands of dollars in engineering, drilling and injection well expenses for the City's est. $14 mil. Riverfront Water Reclamation (Satellite Wastewater) Plant now under construction. Verde Village News on Facebook does not believe water utility customers should EVER be charged for the City's water and wastewater EMPIRE!!! Stay tuned as we reveal the results of the investigation, and FIND OUT where your money is GOING!!!