After the San Mateo County Department of Public Works proposed to raise annual sewer bills from $1,150 to $1,350 in order to pay for capital improvements to aging sewer lines in the unincorporated neighborhood, more than 300 residents fought back through a petition presented at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

“It’s just gotten to be too much for people,” Sampson said. “They have been raising rates since 2000, which were relatively small increases at first. They have now already collected over $1 million in the last 10 years, but haven’t done diddly to fix the pipes.”

Taxpayers are getting progressively more fed up–this is just the beginning!