Thnxs Jane for the clarification. sorry ,somtimes i spout off without all the Information. Being on a fixed income, my golden years are not so "golden", when the cost of living keeps going up, and up,and up, Now Lane county/city are contemplating another bond measure, eventually, i will have to sell my home, buy an old beat up trailer and move it down to alton baker park if the taxing/utility rate hikes,, does not stop soon.

Regarding who foots the bill for Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), please refer to the two stories that displayed on kmtr.com under Top Stories. Both stories clearly state the policy of utility mutual aid: EWEB sends twelve to help restore power on East Coast 10/31 " . . . As part of the mutual aid agreement, all costs incurred by the EWEB crews including labor, overtime, food, transportation, and accommodations will be reimbursed by the New Jersey utility receiving the help . . ." EWEB sends crews to help repair hurricane damage 11/2 ". . . EWEB is part of a mutual aid cooperation agreement between utilities in other areas to send and receive help after a large storm or other disaster. As part of the agreement, the New Jersey utility receiving help will pay for labor, overtime, food, transportation and accommodations for the EWEB team . . ." Other recent stories have included information regarding the reasons for the proposed EWEB rate hikes. Thanks for visiting kmtr.com and taking time to post your comments. Jane Ujhazi, Webmaster KMTR NewsSource 16

sorry justme, its not that i dont feel apathy for the good folks of the eastern coast, its just that once a rate hike happens,, it never goes away. The reasons given by eweb in the last 6 months for the continual rate hikes, are unfair, in my humble opinion. sending there crews to the east will inevitably be added to my monthly bill, I have always believed chartity should be a personal choice, not forced upon me with NO choice. How would you feel, if one of our local non-profit groups demanded 20% of your paycheck regardless,of you believed in there cause ?.

Try to put your feet in the disaster victims', we're all broke but I stand the little bit out of my pocket. How much will each of our share will be for this random act of kindness?

Also in response to monogomaniac The east cost cities will pick up all over time, lodging, food and any other expenses other than the eweb employees normal salaries. This is threw a national program that has helped Eugene and Springfield several times in the last ten years.

EWEB is a monopoly and can and will do what ever they want. The more we conserve on water and electric the more they will charge the customers

recently EWEB sent eweb crews to go help after superstorm sandy,to the east coast,, so i am assuming that now, we get the shaft by having to pay for it with rate hikes locally. for some reason, eweb sending crews to the east coast, and taking the money out of my paycheck to pay for it, is not making me feel very good about it.