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I consider the $700+ per year fee for the sewer district to be unrealistic from two perspectives. One, has the town or village ever installed a utilities distribution project that came in on budget and cost the taxpayers anywhere close to the projected initial cost? I have been told that recent water projects were projected to cost home owners approximately $300 per year, but came in at nearly twice that.

Two, where in the world am I going to find an additional $700+ (it will likely be much more than that) a year to pay for a town sewer that I don't need?

I would also like to know exactly which developable parcels of land in Lansing will be served by the sewer district, and which members of the Sewer Committee own or have a financial interest in what parcels. This should be made clear to the community, as it is very obvious that the planned route will directly benefit several landowners.

There are also several large neighborhoods, including Autumn Ridge and East Lake that are much closer to the lake than my neighborhood, and for some reason they won't have to contribute to the cost of the sewer. Why is this?

I also keep hearing vague references to how this project will protect the lake. Where are the facts? On what page of the environmental impact statement does it say that the town of Lansing needs a sewer district to protect the lake, and that the chosen sewer route will fullfill that need?

I personally plan to get to the bottom of this issue, and expose this project for its lack of merits to the community, and benefits to a select few elite who plan to use our tax dollars to make their land developable.

Follow the money when you want to find out why the sewer committee chose the route they did, the neighborhoods and land they did, and when your tax bill comes in at twice the advertised rate, remember the names of the committee members who made promises they couldn't keep. And then ask yourself who profits from the new developments that will be subsidized on the backs of the middle class taxpayers in Lansing.

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