To the editor:

There have been many things I have told myself to write a letter about (such as why does a town this size need three sister cities), but this issue has been the deciding one: taxing us on our utilities.

As if we were not taxed enough already, the state of Kansas wants to add taxes to our utilities! At the high rate of taxation in effect in Lawrence, this extra amount would be very burdensome. It is ridiculous that we have to pay taxes on the food we buy, but now to pay tax on water, natural gas and electricity is truly too much.

Adding this worry to wondering if my doctor will accept me as a Medicare patient now that the payments to him have been decreased, wondering if the state of Kansas pull the rug out from under my KPERS, the increasing price of nearly everything, apparently I will have to be colder (or hotter depending on the season), dirtier and live in the dark!