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Residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost

Residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost
By ANDREW MAYKUTH, The Philadelphia InquirerMay 15, 2021 GMT
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (AP) Lisa Lilick and Carol Smith struggled to get fellow Conshohocken residents to pay attention to their campaign opposing the sale of the borough’s sewer system. Who wants to think about boring wastewater when there’s a pandemic going on?
“Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick.
The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode with a worried expression and the palm of its hand held up. “No to sewer sale,” the cartoon toilet intoned. “Bad for residents, seniors, fixed income.” ....

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Pa. residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost

The frenzy of acquisitions in Pennsylvania is driven by a 2016 state law that encourages the consolidation of smaller water and wastewater systems under private ownership. ....

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Sewer systems are for sale in Philadelphia's suburbs and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes

Sewer systems are for sale in Philadelphia’s suburbs and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes
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“Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick.
The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode with a worried expression and the palm of its hand held up. “No to sewer sale,” the cartoon toilet intoned. “Bad for residents, seniors, fixed income.”
Lilick said her online posts about sewer rates suddenly found an audience. A Facebook page was launched, local bloggers took note, a petition was organized, and yard signs went up. Scores of angry residents tuned in to borough Zoom meetings, worried that their elected officials were trying to pull a fast one. ....

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In Philly suburbs, sewer systems are for sale, and citizens push back, fearing rate hikes

Lisa Lilick and Carol Smith struggled to get fellow Conshohocken residents to pay attention to their campaign opposing the sale of the borough’s sewer system. Who wants to think about boring wastewater when there’s a pandemic going on? “Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick. The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode . ....

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'The conversation has to start someplace'

‘The conversation has to start someplace’
Police reform. Police agencies throughout Orange County police departments have started to release their police reform recommendations made by local advisory panels after Executive Order 203.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department in Goshen, N.Y. Photo by Hanna Wickes
After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last May, Black Lives Matter protests, petitions, fund raisers and social media campaigns pressured police departments throughout the country to reform.
Chauvin was found guilty on three counts of murder. President Biden is pushing the Senate to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would create a national standard. It calls for greater police accountability, and would stop problem officers from moving from one department to another and end certain police practices. The bill cleared the House in March. ....

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