To the editor:

I, too, enjoyed a good chuckle like Mr. David Reber who commented on my letter about the cost comparison of sewer and runoff fees to a minimum fine for marijuana use. I chuckled so much my denture came out and is now soaking in Fasteeth.

Mr. Reber, the fee imposed on us by the city commissioners for sewer and storm runoff does not give us drinking water. My drinking water comes from the water treatment plant, which is upstream of the sewer plant.

You say the fees are a bargain? Well, let’s see: This sewer fee, which is disproportionate to the cost of water, is for a sewer plant that the commissioners approved, a plant that is ill-designed and unable to handle the needs of the city. Hardly a bargain, I would say.

And as for stormwater runoff, your argument holds no water. These projects are behind schedule, and North Lawrence in the last big rain had streets that were impassable; those streets held water.

Now that my teeth have soaked, I will empty the water into the sink drain so that you can enjoy the bargain you speak of and just remember, that bargain drinking water may be my teeth water if you believe that the sewer fee has something to do with our drinking water.

By the way, why did you not comment on the proposed fine for marijuana use? After all, that is what this is all about, isn’t it?

David Holroyd,

Lawrence