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There’s just nothing stinkier than a sewer. Except maybe the whiff of double standards for the rich and powerful. On the one hand you have county residents on Kimberly Avenue in middle-class northwest Bakersfield facing annexation because some homeowners there want city services, specifically, sewer. On the other, you have county residents in the wealthy enclave of Old Stockdale getting city sewer hookups without even a whisper of the “A” word. How come? Apparently just asking the question is irritating, as I discovered when City Manager Alan Tandy testily demanded to know why I was asking about it. Otherwise, he said I was wasting his time. Ultimately, he referred me to City Attorney Ginny Gennaro. A much less annoyed Gennaro told me that, yes, mistakes were made in allowing some residents of Old Stockdale to hook up to city sewer. Throughout the city, she said, sewer agreements and contracts were entered into over the years that don’t...
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