Letters to the Editor: March 25 – 31, 2010

County Resident Says F.C.’s Water Charge Unconstitutional

Editor,

City Manager Wyatt Shields, who has continued the City’s longtime unconstitutional practice of charging Fairfax County residents like me an average quarterly water bill of $85.19, while my County’s water authority charges only $50.97 quarterly, has responded to Judge R. Terrance Ney’s excellent January 6, 2010 letter opinion ruling by shutting off water to Fairfax County residents who receive water without proper written legal notice, so the City can make up its massive budget deficit.

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