voices April Has Our Backs Dear Editor: After reading the treatment new councilperson April Thanos received from the rest of our city council I want to tell you a story. A few months ago we learned we were bleeding money with a leaking water line. Our monthly water bill was over $400! We immediately turned our incoming water off and looked at getting our water leak fixed. Long story short, we finally had our house totally replumbed at a cost of $9,000. Because our sewage charges for our high bills were over $200 I prepared a fact sheet and sent it to the city water department. A month later I received an offer of 20-some dollars to be deducted from our upcoming water bill. I found this offer insulting and wrote to April Thanos asking her to look into this issue. She did and a month later I received a notice that I’d receive $235 off my upcoming water bills. I think April has our backs and she deserves more respect from the Gulfport powers that be. – April Arnesen, Gulfport
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The Gabber’s looking for you. This year’s Thanksgiving issue will feature the winners of the Gabber’s first ever poetry contest – and we want your haikus! Poems must adhere to the 5/7/5 haiku structure, with the theme of “Gratitude.” Gabber staff will select a winner and we’ll publish the poem in our Thanksgiving issue.
Deadline is November 6.
Multiple entries accepted, but no more than three per person. Questions? Comments? Send ‘em to News@theGabber.com.
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