These crooks are some of the worst abusers of our tax dollars in Winnebago County. They just never have enough of our money to waste. If you don't believe me, go visit their new administration building with the indoor lake, waterfall, and trees. I know several employees and they're ashamed of the criminal waste of funds. They refer to that building as the "Taj Mahal". My bill has more than tripled in the course of ten years, and it goes up each quarter. I have a well, but am stuck with city sewer. They charge me a flat fee that is ridiculous considering that I live alone. The house two doors down has thirteen people living there, and they pay the same price. UNFAIR!!!! Their latest scam is trying to get homeowners like me to pay them to meter my well. The reason I see this as a scam is because they've never once tried to help reduce my bill in any way. They say the $12 per month fee isn't guaranteed to last, and I can NEVER have the meter removed if I don't like it!!!! This tells me plainly that they have every intention of boosting the usage charges until they're higher than I now pay. I've written a dozen letters and never had a single reply. One time I finally got an assistant director to answer the phone, and the only thing he was interested in was trying to get the names of the employees I know who call the building the "Taj Mahal". I'm disgusted to have a vindictive dick like that running a public utility. Every one of those sarcastic, snotty, uncaring swine should be fired and permanently banned from government/public service jobs. read more