Article: Warm Mineral Springs rate increase draws criticisms.

Byline: George McGinn

Jan. 18--WARM MINERAL SPRINGS -- Residents said the facilities are outdated. There are no services. The water in the lake is dirty. So, more than 130 Warm Mineral Springs spa regular customers wanted to know why the rates were going up.

Ed Ullman, whose company, Golden Springs LLC, bought the Warm Mineral Springs property in 1999, admitted the facilities are somewhat outdated.

To combat this, Ullman had to raise rates from $8 a ticket for residents buying a discount book -- to $15 per ticket to help fund the renovations to fix the buildings. The rate increase began Jan. 1.

Ullman said he called for the meeting to ...

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