Sunday, March 27, 2011

Protest? What Protest?


by Lionel Emde
 
By now most Pacifica property owners have received notice of a new sewer rate increase from the city. It's another increase at a bad time for most homeowners as the plethora of assessments/fees/taxes/rate increases demanded of them continues unabated.
 
In an article for Pacifica Riptide last year I detailed how poorly written last year's notice was in regards to a property owner protesting the increase, or even understanding the notice:
 
This year's notice features a further deterioration of public information on it as "Instructions on filing a written protest can be found on the City website or at City Hall." is not anywhere to be found on the notice. So if one were clairvoyant, one would know that the city of Pacifica's Web site has the staff report on the proposed sewer rate increase and that one can scroll to page 8 to find the relevant rules for protesting.
 
Fortunately, there is an easier way this year if you wish to protest. Fix Pacifica has a protest form that this writer composed after carefully reviewing page 8.
 
Just download, print and send it in:  http://www.fixpacifica.com/docs/PacificaTaxProtest.pdf
 
 

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