To the Editor:
My thinking about the forth coming rate increases for sewer, water and the transfer of street sweeping fees are why have we waited till the economy is in the new waste water treatment facility to propose these increases and why did we ( the city ) attach a unknown percentage along with a dollar and known percentage instead of a solid dollar amount.
Why is there or was there some confusion on what to do with the ballot, don't people read anymore? I seem to remember it came in two languages.
As far as street sweeping goes there are so many cars parked on the streets anymore that I can't help but believe that some homes never get the street swept by them. Why doesn't the city post no parking on one side of a street on certain days and the other side on other days, lots of cities have parking restrictions for street sweeping and then ticket the offenders and you might generate enough money to take care of all the rate increases.
Put another motor cop down on Ventura Street and if they wanted to ticket the speeders they could satisfy the city budget.
Sincerely
Michael Hope
Fillmore