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Utility bills misleading

Cloquet’s water and sewer rates increased this past month. The city included an explanation for the rate increase, and I think they are misleading us. The note said: “Prior to 2018, the City had not increased water rates since 2010 and sewer rates since 2014.” Unless you think about it closely, you’d think rates hadn’t increased in at least five years. But it actually says that rates increased just last year. Water and sewer went up just last August. I had to read it several times before I realized they were trying to trick us by disguising the increase of just six mon...