Complaint Review: (RAWA) READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY - READING Pennsylvania

I too have been abused by RAWA.  In fact, I know many that have.  However, the way they operate provides little recourse to the consumer since they are not regulated by the PUC.  The avoidance of the PUC regulation is the sole reason the city created RAWA.  This and the fact that instead of raising taxes the city raises the water rates for everyone and in return RAWA gives the city millions toward their budget every year. I had a vacant property with 0 water usage but was paying upwards of $50 a month just in fees. The state of PA created a law to prevent cities like Reading from doing this and the city has once again avoided the new mandate by giving RAWA a lease agreement as if they are a private company.  Currently, RAWA has a 5 year lease with the city and gives the city 8 million every year as a lease payment.  

Unfortunately RAWA can do whatever they want and the city backs them.  The Mayor of Reading can appoint his own people to the RAWA board and therefore the board agrees with whatever is in the best interest of the Mayor, City Council, etc.  RAWA even has their own appeal process for complaints where a citizen has to go in front of a RAWA head and plead his/her case.  This is truly a kangaroo court as it's not an impartial process to go in front of RAWA yet somehow they avoid due process laws of the state.  I have a friend that sold a house in Reading and before closing he had to allow RAWA in to take a final meter read and at the same time they replaced his old meter with a new one.  The RAWA guy changed the meter out and said nothing and left.  A few days later at the closing table my friend was hit with a $560 meter tampering charge.  He had to pay this in order to close on the property or risk not selling the house.  He appealed this charge to RAWA afterwards, spoke to the head of RAWA at his appeal and they could not prove when or how the meter was tampered.  They did not have before and after pics.  They did not explain that if it was tampered why didn't the RAWA guy didn't say something when he was there.  Needless to say, RAWA already had his $560 and my friend lost his appeal. 

I also noticed that you allowed a Property Maintenance Inspector (PMI) into your house.  One thing the city has been keeping under wraps are the qualifications of these so-called inspectors.  Unlike Building Inspectors, the PMI's in Reading are not state recognized and therefore are not state certified.  In fact, to become a PMI all you have to do is take an online, 50 question, multiple choice, 2 hour, open book exam.  See for yourself on page 7.  http://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/Natl_Cert_2009-Listings.pdf .   I can't fathom allowing someone so unqualified into my private home but in the city they have misled the people into thinking these PMI's are actual Building Inspectors that understand the code they enforce.  It gets even more interesting when you look at the code that City Council passed for these PMI's to enforce.  I've read it, it's very vague, leaves a lot of interpretation to the Inspector and therefore is not uniform. Actually many cities in the US refused to adopt this code because it gives the inspectors way too much power.  Mostly because it violates the 4th Amendment of the Constitution. 

A year or two ago City Council revised this code and removed the word "Rental" and replaced it with "Housing". They did this at the recommendation of the Legal Dept. and the Codes Dept. This wording changed the entire scope of the code because now a PMI has the power to inspect any "housing" they feel is in violation.  That means they can enter anyone's home (private or not) if they feel a violation is present.  The city tried several times to enter my vacant property I was selling, attempted to cite me with a $1000 fine for an illegal rental even though it was never rented (they said I had the potential to rent it), and they were trying to get an Administrative Warrant to inspect my property but I sold it before they could.      

I hope some of this information helps you.  But my advice to anyone I know is to avoid Reading if possible.  I know some good people in the city doing good things but they all are eventually targeted by the city with crazy water fees, quality of life tickets, and other excessive fines they can think up.  Sadly this is the result of a broke city looking for any revenue they can.  Btw, if you want to see what certifications a PMI has you can search their names here.  https://av.iccsafe.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=icc&WebKey=b7afd990-2e14-4013-a186-aeb405641a95&FromSearchControl=Yes

Martinez vs. Queens County District Attorney etc al.

Eastern District Court of New York . Case no: 1:12-cv-06262  Appeal no. 14-907

Martinez vs. Reading Area Water Authority : Berks County Court of Common Pleas: Case no. 14-14241

This is an update to my reports less you forget how these people waged a full scale conspiracy war against me to silence me about the framing of three individuals in a homicide trial. As a result These Civil Right violator State and Federal courts acting in concert depriving me my child for two years now. These people in conspiracy framed me for domestic offenses, wire tapped my phones and internet services until today, deprived me of social security benefits and medical care, extorted me for money, threatened to kill me on multiple occasions. The defendants altered court transcripts , forged an indictment, stole evidence , altered my blood work and conspired to unlawfully enter my premises, illegally placed a Gps in my vehicle , forced me to live without running water to my home for approximately eight months, deprived me my right to an attorney, deprived me my right to appeal against the fraud, unlawfully incarcerated me for 2 and a half months on that forged indictment, held me in contempt of court in the family court proceeding to steal evidence from brief case and prevent my witnesses from testifying. Hence these people are now playing the conspiracy game to keep this case from being heard in court by a jury.

Learn the game, whenever a civilian is falsely accused and is charged with a crime the courts will run you down, month after month back and forth to court until you are so sick and tired you give into a plea for a lesser charge. Never mind your speedy trial right because if you even know of this right the court will disregard it and continue to run you back and forth to court until you take a deal. Same game in Civil suits against a public officials, they find every possible way to keep your case held up until you take a deal or find a way to get at you.

My case against the Reading water authority in Berks County Court, here their trying to send the case to arbitration to keep it from being heard by a jury. Arbitration is a third party elected to decide the case and award what they want to  either side and the decision is final . Of course the elected person is someone they appoint and is therefore bias to the case. I filed motion for leave to amend my complaint if you read my amended complaint  in my drop box it is self-explanatory why they don’t want a jury to decide the case.. On Dec. 23 2014 the courts holding yet again another evidentiary hearing to decide whether leave to amend should be granted, which should be given freely since it does not prejudice the defendants case. With no explanatory reason as of yet the judge on her own motion orders for the defendant to show cause why leave to amend should not be granted.

Hence these public officials after they've done every possible volatile act imaginable will effortlessly do everything possible from giving you a public trial against them.

                                        SICK N TIRED

Sick n tired of seeing these courts framing innocent people in criminal trials , and family cases, depriving parents from their children and destroying family life across America. Sick and tired of watching all these senseless murders of innocent people across the United States, people being beaten and or executed by the same police hired to protect us and not being held accountable because the prosecutors are to scandalous to make the case stick. Sick and tired of hearing all the political bureaucracy , lies and cover-ups to the press that they find no wrong doing in their officer's actions when the wrongful acts are caught on video. Sick and tired hearing about all the conspiracies to murder people for opposing corrupt judges or for having exercised a right to freedom of speech. What are we guinea pigs for people acting under color of law ? Please view the evidence here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y3b250kx9bjbfyr/AADOW7YT2Yx7ELlXva5aWxaja?dl=0

If your reading my reports this case is Martinez vs. Reading water Authority in the Berks County court. I just added the evidence against this violating municipality. Please view in my dropbox, the link is provided below:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y3b250kx9bjbfyr/AADOW7YT2Yx7ELlXva5aWxaja?dl=0

BE sure to look at the water bills from april through october when my was turned off there charging me a service charge for water and ssome months even water usage. Also look at the money order paid to them 3 days after they gave me ten day notice when they shut my water a second time.

why would the FBI be consipring to contaminate your water? Take your meds.