Sappi closing to boost sewer bills for all

Sappi closing to boost sewer bills for all
"Residents and businesses who use the county's wastewater system could pay 40 percent more for the service starting in 2010, if Sappi doesn't come back to life, officials said.
The brighter scenario for everyone is Sappi reopening in six months. If that happens, rates next year would jump less than 5 percent, Kendrick said.
'If the paper mill does not come back, if their operations cease, we would have to raise (wastewater) rates as much as 40 percent,' said Dave Kendrick, director of the county's wastewater system.
That increase would be passed on to municipalities and large industrial users. The local governments would decide whether to absorb the cost increase or pass it along to customers."

That's right, tax the RICH corporate fat cats!
Muskegon still doesn't get it.
NO business HAS to be located in Muskegon.
Tax them too much and they will leave.
"Who is John Gault?"