The Editor,
Re. "2-tier water rates OK'd" (The Tri-City News, Dec. 10).
A letter to Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart:
I have just read The Tri-City News and have been informed my utility rate is going to be higher than that for the owner of a condo.
Your reasoning is that my single-family home uses more pipes. Well, my pipes were put in 24 years ago. Maybe the developers should be paying the extra. Also, you say people in a condo use less water and flush less? You have got to be kidding me.
I am sick of utility prices going up and up and up. My first bill for utilities was under $400 and that was less than 15 years ago, yet here we go again.
Maybe you should be doing more to budget for these things. I feel the city has lost sight of who pays for things. I am not a bottomless pit of money and I see plenty of waste in the public works.
Funny how these things happen just after an election.
Lucas Smith, Coquitlam
