Letter: I want good water, but at what price?

I would like to know why Yuba City had to send out such expensive fliers, by mail, to each Hillcrest Water customer? Are we paying for this? Now there are people going door to door dropping off fliers that say, "I support the Yuba City Water Department's ‘proposed' connection fee and ‘withdraw" my protest.'" "You" mail it back to the city. What is that all about? Is the city doing their own protest against the protesters? Are employees at Civic Hall logging all those cards in? Are we now paying for that service also? Pretty sneaky, if you ask me. What are they really hiding from us?

I feel if they get the whole city on meters, then they can start mandating new guidelines and start charging everyone outrageous prices. If we go on meters and pay over a 20-year time span, I want a "guarantee" that if there is a drought and we are switched back to well water, that we won't pay for metered surface water that we will not be getting. Meters aren't mandated 'till the year 2025.

Nancy Charpentier
Yuba City