What do you think about electric, water, sewer and trash rates going up?

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Gilbert Ortiz, retired

“I don’t like it, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

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Haley Madden, housewife

“We should call it vampire electric instead of Empire. We’re all losing money. Charging more is going to be bad in the long run.”

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Betty Ann Kolner, massage therapist

“Solar power is the way to go. Solar has never disappointed me. I’ve never lost it like Empire.”

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Debbie Bucher, retired

“Of course we don’t like it, but it doesn’t bother me as long as they can justify it. If they’ll send something out with the bill justifying the increase it’ll be OK. I used to live in Phoenix where our electric bill was $500 or $600, and it’s just $100 here.”

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Dylaina Kuhn, Southwest Open School student

“I think it’s a bunch of crap. It’s bad everything is going up, but wages aren’t.”

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Sammie Coulon, retired

“I think it’s inevitable. Everything else is going up. Their prices are raising too, so they pass it on.”