[Vision2020] Bursting water mains

[pkraut at moscow.com]

New growth brings new taxes especially if it brings in new business so 
paying for more city stuff won't be a problem. 


> Reading BJ's e-mail about water, made me think of another water issue.
> 
> I'd like to know how the pro-growth advocates will pay for new water  
> mains when all this growth completely overtaxes existing city  
> infrastructure like water mains. I know of at least two water main  
> bursts that took place about a month or two ago--those are merely the  
> ones I'm aware of--there are probably other incidents as well.
> 
> Are you going to have taxpayers foot the bill? (I know that you'd say  
> asking developer fees to offset the cost would certainly be "anti- 
> business".)
> 
> Of course, when the water's gone, I guess we won't have to worry so  
> much about water mains bursting--but shouldn't we be planning ahead  
> and taking care of what's already here before outgrowing our  
> infrastructure?
> 
> cynthia nichols
> 
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