San Diego, CA
Main reason for fee hikes: to pay public employees
Re “Readers fear the worst as San Diego City Hall readies new trash fee” (Nov. 25): I agree with the writers and would add that the city employed envy and greed to divide city residents between those paying for private collection in condo communities and those of us who were receiving the service for “free.”
Ask yourself, if the city has been collecting refuse all this time, it was being funded by us somehow, correct? Now it will collect a dedicated fee for the service, but where will the previous funds go? Hint: unionized public employees. That’s why city leaders endorse every tax and fee increase. Wise up — this will not change as long as voters continue to elect Democrats.
— Charles Riley, San Diego