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I need to scream

Posted on October 14, 2003 Written by Diane

I picked up the mail at the PO Box today and discovered within 1)a property tax bill…for the house in Los Angeles that we reportedly don’t own any more and 2)a final Department of Water and Power bill for $767…which claims that 54 KWH and 532 gallons of water were being used per day.

No, no one was in the house. No, the A/C was not running full-blast during the four months we’ve been gone from there.

Of course, I cannot get through to the Property Tax office (the voicemail is set on “busy”) and I’ve been on hold at the DWP for over an hour now.

We don’t even have a printer so I can print out polite, but firm, letters to the appropriate departments.

Pardon me while I throw up.

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