The San Bernardino Sun is reporting that the board of East Valley Water District has decided to push forward on plans to build a new $25 million headquarters, despite complaints from district customers that now may not be the best time to pursue such a large project.Dozens of customers gathered at City Hall last week during a public hearing on proposed rate increases averaging 10 percent. The board ultimately voted to increase water rates 12.5 percent and sewer eight percent.
Customers complained that with the slumping economy, now may not be the best time for embarking on such large-scale project, and that the district should make do with what it has. MORE>>
Why is it government agencies thumb their noses at the public like this? While everyone else is cutting back, they boost rates and set about building themselves a taj mahal. No doubt this expansion is based on the District's current and projected water usage in the area. We all need to conserve even more to skew their projections.
NOTE: Hurry up and read this story on The Sun's web site. After 10-15 days you'll need to pay to access their archives. Bigger papers don't do that.
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