W. Lebanon water customers unhappy about paying the piper

A dozen residents attended the West Lebanon Township Board of Commissioners meeting last night to ask why their water bills have increased so much and when they might go down again.

[Mike E Nye]

Attention residents of West Lebanon. You better get to know your neighbors real well. Due to the constant increases in our water bills, none of us will be moving anytime soon. No one will be buying our property with that type of expense added to their budgets.

[C Mason]

INCREASE AGAIN!!!!!! This is getting ridiculous. Why does the board think we have to pay it off in 2 or 3 years! Stretch it out a bit. Let the residents dig a well! There is no way most residents can keep paying these OUTRAGEOUS bills!

[West Lebanon Resident]

Well i can understand an increase but this is borderline rape of the residents were all on tight budgets so as it is with the rising fuel costs. they'll get what i can afford and the rest they can forward to my next bill and someday they'll get the rest

[West Lebanon Resident]

We are 1st class township....why doesn't the board look into becoming a 2nd or 3rd class township....maybe we could get better grants??? You all better start doing something different, because increasing the rate is DEFINETLY NOT the answer. We voted all you in so how bout doing something about it!!!!!!

[Young West Lebanon]

yea its just great trying to start out, and running into ridiculous water and sewer bills thanks to all the people who were in charge and wasted the money
THANKS!

[Not Happy W Lebanon]

I understand that by the time the project is complete, we'll be paying in excess of $500, if you're not paying that already. I do not believe it was all because of the new tower either.
We are paying for the mess the contractors made to Guilford Street, as well.

[Cedarmania]

Why doesn't West Lebanon merge with the city?

[Phylis Dryden]

People in this community are being forced to make horrible choices. Those who are living on fixed incomes (and these days, who isn't?) must sometimes choose to take very-much-needed medications every other day, because the water we need to swallow our pills costs nearly as much as the pills themselves! This is an outrage.

[geper]

Phylis Dryden wrote:

People in this community are being forced to make horrible choices. Those who are living on fixed incomes (and these days, who isn't?) must sometimes choose to take very-much-needed medications every other day, because the water we need to swallow our pills costs nearly as much as the pills themselves! This is an outrage.

take it will a beer

[geper]

see i do! i ment take those pills with a beer it might help.

[Phylis Dryden]

geper wrote:

see i do! i ment take those pills with a beer it might help.

You bring the beer. Meet us under the bridge. If we're not there, start without us. Senior Citizens Unanimous.
Old joke -- sorry, couldn't resist.

[Justme]

Well this goes great with the gas price that gets higher and higher and my trash just went up 11 bucks a month!