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The Chairman called Dorothea Okonowski of the same address, and she also did not respond. Court Reporter Zambataro swore in Helen J. Wright of 634 24th St., S.W. Mrs. Wright stated that she has been here 22 years and finds the water quality good, but the taste terrible. She stated that she has not had any complaints so far on the service and she does not have a water softener. Mrs. Wright had a hard time understanding why GDU's rate has to be increased, especially when nothing has been said tonight about connecting this water up with the county's water supply. She also noted that at a previous meeting she attended, GDU had requested 4 million in bonds to be picked up by the county and four other counties. Mrs. Wright noted that GDU is counting on 3,000 more homes in the.western section of the Highlands and felt they should bill the people who are coming in at the higher rate and let the people who have been here for years remain on their original contracts. She requested that the Board consider a very much lower rate increase than that which GDU is requesting. Commissioner Bowman wished to correct a misapprehen- sion. She realized that the people present were not supplied all the financial figures that the Board has access to, and she wished to point out that there was a net loss in 1982 of $107,000 on water and a net loss on the sewer of $126,000. Nobody has made a profit, and in fact, the residents' water and sewer has been subsidized for years. Commissioner Lyons noted that the statement also was made that the County was going to issue bonds and he wished to make it understood that while the County can approve the issuance of these bonds, we have no financial responsibility for them other than to say that they are for a legal purpose. 25 NOV 9 1983