Report from Lake Worth Utilities Customer Service today:

A friend on mine went down to Utilities Customer Service today, early in the morning, to address an issue and to pay his bill.  He overheard a customer yelling at the city's Customer Service supervisor about how he closed on a building two weeks ago - power and water had never been turned on yet - and he was greeted with a bill for $4,000.  Apparently, the city was saying it was a legitimate charge and the two were going at it.  Finally, the gentleman whose name the service was in, who was also accompanied by his wife, said that he had buildings all over the County and has never had to deal with this anywhere but here.  He basically threw up his hands and said, "I guess it's attorney time."  They stormed out of the office.