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A large crowd of mostly Spanish-speaking residents gathers outside Williams City Hall on Wednesday to discuss an increase to their water rates, which had been approved by the City Council that night. Many participants were frustrated by the rising costs and did not understand what had been said at the hearing or the Proposition 218protest process used.
Monica Vaughan/Colusa County Sun-Herald

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A large crowd gathered outside Williams City Hall on Wednesday night, trying to understand what had just happened at the public hearing about raising water rates. The City Council adopted a 7 percent annual increase over a three-year period. The plan is to partially cover costs of a new w. Read Language barrier, increased rates cause stir in Williams...
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