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Dear Editor,
Re: “Richmond family stranded after home flooded with feces and sewer water,” Richmond-News.com, Dec. 11.
It is shameful that the couple whose house flooded as a result of a sewer breakdown has been abandoned by the city and their insurance company.
Municipalities have gotten away with so much at the expense of the taxpayers and feel they should not be held accountable when they fail to do their jobs and maintain the equipment needed to keep the tax payers safe and dry.
Can any of you imagine how abandoned those home owners must feel, especially in winter and at Christmas to boot. How do you all sleep at night? Badly, I hope.
T.P. D’Aguiar
RICHMOND
Editor’s note: The sewer pipe in question is the responsibility of Metro Vancouver, not the City of Richmond.
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