While I can emphasize with any citizen who feels the pinch from higher prices, worrying about a $3 a month increase in water bills in an affluent area like ours is downright silly. More important are the extra thousands of dollars we’re now paying annually for health insurance and electricity. My health insurance is so expensive I can barely afford to go to the doctor.

Let’s see what we can do about these budget busters.

Paula Berinstein

Thousand Oaks