Sun Co-Publisher Makes Strong Argument for Transparency in City Government

The city continues to hide behind a veil of secrecy with respect to the management and financial details of the Georgetown Utility System (GUS). It is just coming to light for the general public that the utilities overcharge their customers so that they can contribute $ to the general fund where public safety, parks and the library are funded. This lets them perpetuate the myth of the lowest tax rates in central Texas.

This veil of secrecy has clearly frustrated the publishers of the Wilco Sun as they try and understand the $26M in power purchase losses that GUS has experienced over the last 3 years and report it to the citizens of Georgetown.

The editorial in the January 27, 2019 edition of the paper lays out the issues very well and calls for changes to provide transparency to Georgetown citizens.

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