Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma

No ring, no pre-nuptial, no wedding

• Rainbow covers nearly twice as many square miles with half the population of FPUD.

• Rainbow has 7200 customers, FPUD has 9100.

• Rainbow is primarily rural, FPUD is primarily urban.

• Rainbow serves 1,900 sewer customers, FPUD 5,000.

• Rainbow’s annual revenues are 50 percent higher than FPUD’s.

• Rainbow has more assets and fewer debts than FPUD.

• Rainbow owes for a tank and a covered reservoir; FPUD for solar panels and Red Mountain reservoir.

• Rainbow’s looking pretty good financially; FPUD may have a problem.

• Consolidation would mean losing a vote on SDCWA. (San Diego County Water Authority).

• Why are the consultants and finance advisers connected to FPUD directly or indirectly?

Let’s leave well enough alone.

Maureen Rhyne

 

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