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I would like to call to your attention a problem

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with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. In a

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series of articles which appeared in the fall of 1966,

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Dr. Francis Tanney concluded that the Washington Suburban

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Sanitary Commission through its water pricing policies

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fostered consumer ignorance and greatly encouraged

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inefficiency.

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How can the citizens know what water costs are

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when there are seven different charges for water, some

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direct, some ind rect, some on tax bills, some paid to

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the county, and some on bills paid to the commission?

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Indeed, the question is how can the local

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government now and in our county minutes of 10-24-67

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that was summarized as a staff report to the council which

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recommended that the WSSC five-year program legislation

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should be amended to make it clear in the legislature that

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the WSSC's overall method of funding its various capital

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projects should be outlined in the program, including

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the general statement as to the use of ad valorum versus

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front-foot benefit versus user charges benefit, and so forth

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and an indication of the program's impact on these various