Is the current El Dorado Irrigation District problem a $13 million deficit?

Can EID make up this shortfall by increasing your water/sewer rates?

Or, can EID make cuts and adjustments to its operation that would save $13 million?

Did the EID board ever direct the EID staff to create, and present to the ratepayers, a “Plan Z” — a zero-rate increase plan? If not, why not?

Is the EID board our only line of defense?

Isn’t it the EID board’s duty to be the stewards of the ratepayer’s funds?

What does EID, the federal, state and most local governments now have in common?

Is it that they are irresponsibly spending beyond their revenues? Is that the same as deficit spending?

When was the last time you spent beyond your checkbook?

Did anyone hear, see, or obtain the complete justification for a rate increase?

Does anyone feel that the EID board acted to protect our “ratepayers overall interests?”

The EID board voted 5-0 for the rate increases after the EID staff backed them into a corner with a “one-way, increase in rates” solution.

Who is going to go bankrupt first, you or EID? Is this an end to the EID financial horror stories or only the beginning?

What are EID ratepayers going to do about it?

John Everett, El Dorado Hills