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Gamecock Lefty

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9. 344%? YIKES!

Reply to SouthernLiberal (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:15 AM

Apr 2018

I grew up on James Island, outside of Charleston, and lived for years in Columbia when I went to school at Carolina. I've been in St Louis since 1992 after grad school. I'm feeling for my fellow South Carolinians.

344% sounds way too high for a one-time increase. We get notifications here in STL regarding rate increases, but we have town halls for discussions long before the increase and the rates have to be approved by some kind of commission here. I never attend these meetings because they are always during the daytime and I'm working (maybe they are planned that way?).

We are still paying a base rate here + water usage.

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Next month, my sewer bill goes up 344% [View all] SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 OP

Not a resident. tazkcmo Apr 2018 #1

I thought you were prepping for a colonoscopy.....:) dameatball Apr 2018 #2

Where in SC? OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #3

Richland County SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 #5

Looked up the story OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #6

Im also Columbia SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #8

Hi Neighbor! SouthernLiberal Apr 2018 #10

Good luck on your move SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #11

Check around, they may have discounts or exemptions for seniors or procon Apr 2018 #4

Here in northwest Ohio my mother pays over $90 a month and no one even lives there as she passed awa blueinredohio Apr 2018 #7

344%? YIKES! Gamecock Lefty Apr 2018 #9

That 344% increase is obscene, pure robbery. I thought my utility & heath ins. appalachiablue May 2018 #12