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How To Use ratepayer In A Sentence

• And even if the government returns every dime of climate revenues to ratepayers, "That's a painful thing for utilities to have to endure, because angriness comes toward you, and somebody else gets the goodwill. The Carbon Cap Dilemma
• This is where the dividing line between ratepayers and taxpayers begins to blur.
• This sound rule is, I know, continually ignored, and successful municipal enterprises outside its restrictions are constantly urged in justification, but the fact remains that once a municipality ignores this rule, over-municipalization is almost bound to be the result, and over-municipalization always has and always will work a great injustice to the poorest ratepayers in the community, and strike at the very root of municipal credit. Britain's Experience of Public Ownership
• Apart from the aesthetic standpoint, ‘that in this enlightened age should be sufficient deterrent’, this scattering of litter was costing ratepayers quite a lot of money.
• It is my belief that if the majority of ratepayers adopted this fair and reasonable action we would regain our status and rights, put an end to the usual city council bluster and, most importantly, see a return of public accountability.
• Without a break from generators, a bailout wouldn't fly politically, since ratepayers would foot the bill.
• Nor is it certain just who will enjoy those benefits: shareholders or ratepayers.
• Meanwhile, the council has listed elsewhere on these pages a wide range of projects benefiting the ratepayer and funded through the rates.
• The numerous hare-brained schemes, such as ‘Capital of Culture’ status, costing millions of ratepayers' hard-earned cash, should be abandoned.
• When is this council going to stop wasting ratepayers ' money on unnecessary road schemes?