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[{"user_id": 11626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9973, "date_created": 1299046447.018713, "message": "http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/01/water.bills.war/index.html\r\n\r\nWATER AS A WEAPON: \"Atlanta [residents] are outraged by 100s, even 1000s of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills & have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they're demanding answers... similar complaints about huge water bill spikes have popped up in Ohio, North Carolina, Florida & Massachusetts...\"\r\n\r\n\"'I'm not paying a $3,000 bill & for those 3 months, we were pretty much out of town most of the time & there's no leaks,' she said, showing CNN a copy of her plumber's report. The city installed a device on her meter to track daily usage. In the meantime, Scarborough's bill remains unpaid while she disputes the charges.\"\r\n\r\n\"Atlanta... says it already has the highest water rates of any major city in the US, due in part to federal consent decrees to overhaul the city's water supply infrastructure. Many of the problems arose after the installation of new, automated water meters...\"\r\n\r\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/01/water.bills.war/index.html", "group_id": 3920, "id": 245278}]