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SEWAGE MONEYS
ACC Water Business? More like hocus pocus
to me. I received with my latest bill from ACC
Water Business Office a notice that they have
changed the "look" of my bill. Athens-Clarke
County has decided to make it easier for us to
read the bill by charging for "gallons" instead
of "cubic feet" of water. That seems okay to
me; we like easy, right? The trouble comes
in in the way they have changed billing for
sewerage: currently ACC charges 80 percent of
your water consumption as the basis for your
sewerage charges.
After July 1, ACC
will charge based on
100 percent of your
water consumption.
There is no way in
hell that 100 percent
of the water I use
goes down the drain
and into the sewer
system. I filter the
drinking water in my
home and usually take
a few bottles with me when I leave the house.
I bicycle, so there goes several more liters.
God forbid we are ever able to water outdoors
again—there goes more water that never sees
a sewer, and if it gets onto the street, well, I
already pay for stormwater drainage. So, if you
want to charge for 100 percent going into the
sewer, I suggest you put flow meters on the
drain pipe from my house and prove it to me.
Otherwise, your charging for 100 percent really
amounts to fraud.
Give me a break, ACC; this is just one
more tiny little means of taxation to fund our
already overblown county government that
you think will go unnoticed. Maybe ACC should
try cutting down on spending instead of find
ing new means of deceptively raising revenue.
Doug Harman
Athens
Editor's note: Although it does not address
all of the complaints above, the ordinance
change recently approved by ACC Commissioners
does state in part, "This percentage shall be
reduced if the customer makes application
in writing, along with necessary information,
to the water business office for a wastewater
volume adjustment because of year-round irri
gation, heated pools (with pool drains not con
nected to sanitary sewer), septic tanks, etc."
The ordinance also notes that residents can
install outdoor water meters to avoid a sewer
age charge on outdoor water use altogether.
THAI OF ATHENS
I was incredibly disappointed to learn
that Thai of Athens is closing its doors [Grub
Notes, June 18]. It was a kooky place, but the
food was good, and
I believe it will be
missed. I think that
all of Athens should
come together and
demand the recipe
for their mysteri
ous but much loved
Suegai and/or Sueyu
before they leave.
Otherwise, it will be
lost for good.
Jessie McClellan
Athens
. PASS HIV LEGISLATION
. This political season, we've heard a lot
about change. Obama, Clinton and McCain
have all been talking about it. But there
seems to be one place where change is very,
very slow to happen—the United States
Senate. Despite overwhelming support from
both parties, important legislation is stalled.
I'm tired of these old tactics of delay, and I
want to see the Senate show leadership by
getting this legislation done.
Right now, a bill to fight HIV/AIDS, tuber
culosis and malaria is stuck on a shelf while
the lives of millions of people are placed in
jeopardy. Senators say they want to pass the
bill, but they can't find the time or aren't will
ing to hammer out differences.
The people suffering from these diseases
don't have the time to wait. They're dying,
and they need our help.
This legislation would provide funding
for treatment of at least three million AIDS
patients. It would prevent 12 million new
infections, while caring for five million AIDS
orphans. At the same time, it would pay
to train and support 140,000 new health
professionals to provide basic care to those
in the greatest need. This legislation is about
the best of America; the Senate delays are the
worst of America.
Leigh Almond
Athens
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We can't! But if people buy cars from
companies that have produced sane,
energy-efficient cars, we'll go bankrupt
anyway! So we may as well go bankrupt
with nutty guarantee programs!
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