[jaybrendansmith]

My township recently sold my local sewer line to a private company, after privatizing my water line to the same company. Interestingly, there was a major scandal a few years ago where the private company had allowed grey water to mix with the fresh water running to everybody's tap, and a few people got sick. There seemed to be a major public outcry but the company did not pay a price for the error, and were rewarded with the sewer business. As someone who maintains a SaaS business, this seemed unforgivable to me, the equivalent of my company failing in their one job, to keep the servers online. At the same time, my water bill has just about doubled, and my sewer bill has now gone to be around three times. I now pay 4.5 times what I did at my old residence with public utilities, for the exact same service. Is everybody on the take?