Should Homestead Consider Selling The Power Plant?

Consider the following: 

The Board is political and have demonstrated an inability to explain why non-city residents are charged with paying into city reserves without benefit of those reserves.

The rates are substantially higher than FPL, as a matter of fact it's not even competitive.

The burden of employee salaries, benefits and pension would be absorbed by the new company, the subsequent relief would reduce the HES customer burden.

The political leaders would then be forced to work with the City Manager in cutting the multitude of wasteful efforts not only in HES but throughout the City, such as all of the celebrations and self aggrandizement lunches, dinners, picnics in the name of Homestead Energy Services.

To get the ball rolling this will require contacting the politicians and asking the City Manager for research, possible ballot initiative/referendum on this idea.

Over the next few days we will publish business and residential rates of comparative utility services throughout Florida. It's time for Homestead residents to stop paying non-competitive rates and wasteful programs and perhaps provide consistent standard uniforms to HES crews, such as the ones in the photo, embarrassing the Director and Mayor.