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e e RESOLUTION NO. 72- 03 '. A RESOLUTION TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICATION BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR A TWENTY-EIGHT PER CENT (28%) RATE INCREASE BE DENIED. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company has filed an application with the City of Houston for a general rate increase which would have the effect of increasing its rates in its service area by twenty-eight per cent (28%) over existing rates; and WHEREAS, the State of Texas is the only state in the -e' United States which does not have a ?ublic Utilities Commis- sion to protect the interests of smaller cities, such as the City of La Porte, in dealing with public utility rate matters; and WHEREAS, any action taken by the City of Houston on the present application by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company will tend to set a pattern for rate increase demands by the said Southwestern Bell Telephone Company with other municipali- ties in Harris and surrounding counties; and WHEREAS, the rate increase being requested by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company of La Porte and other municipalities e is grossly in excess of the guidelines established by the President's Wage and Price Commission, in its efforts to con- trol inflation; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte feels that various problems relating to the quality of service being furnished by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to its customers in the La Porte area should be resolved before the said Southwestern Bell Telephone Company should properly ask for a general rate increase; and WHEREAS, telephone company customers in the La Porte- e Bayshore area are charged a discriminatory rate, being in the nature of a surcharge over and above the rate charged customers