Hold off in rate hikes
Editor, Ceres Courier,
I have been paying city of Ceres utility rates for 25 years. Over this period of time I have seen the rates nearly double in spite of the lack of safe, potable water. I have had to spend thousands of dollars on drinking and cooking water for my family.
While infrastructure improvements have long been necessary, I am dismayed to learn that the City Council has decided to do so at this time of severe economic recession.
My rates will nearly double from $56.70 to $109.30 per month; that is if the garbage rates don't also increase and the growing number of empty, repossessed houses doesn't mean that those of us who remain have to pay even more!
I suggest that the City Council postpone such an expensive and ambitious project until:
1). We see what effect the president-elects' proposed plans on jobs and infrastructure improvements have in our area, and;
2). The economy has improved to such a degree that we can afford to pay any increases in utility rates.
M.J. Richards,
Ceres
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Letters to the editor will be considered for publication but must be signed with the author's name, address and telephone number. Letters should contain 250 words or less and be void of libelous statements. Letters should be sent to: The Ceres Courier, P.O. Box 7, Ceres, CA 95307. Letters may also be emailed to jeffb@cerescourier.com.
Editor, Ceres Courier,
I have been paying city of Ceres utility rates for 25 years. Over this period of time I have seen the rates nearly double in spite of the lack of safe, potable water. I have had to spend thousands of dollars on drinking and cooking water for my family.
While infrastructure improvements have long been necessary, I am dismayed to learn that the City Council has decided to do so at this time of severe economic recession.
My rates will nearly double from $56.70 to $109.30 per month; that is if the garbage rates don't also increase and the growing number of empty, repossessed houses doesn't mean that those of us who remain have to pay even more!
I suggest that the City Council postpone such an expensive and ambitious project until:
1). We see what effect the president-elects' proposed plans on jobs and infrastructure improvements have in our area, and;
2). The economy has improved to such a degree that we can afford to pay any increases in utility rates.
M.J. Richards,
Ceres
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Letters to the editor will be considered for publication but must be signed with the author's name, address and telephone number. Letters should contain 250 words or less and be void of libelous statements. Letters should be sent to: The Ceres Courier, P.O. Box 7, Ceres, CA 95307. Letters may also be emailed to jeffb@cerescourier.com.
