Letters to the Editor: Here’s one L.A. price increase that readers can actually approve of

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To the editor : No increase for trash pickup service in 17 years ( “Trash fees will spike for many L.A. residents in aftermath of city’s fiscal crisis,” Oct. 7)? There should be at least a minimum increase every year. It is irresponsible not to have one.

Every week, expensive trucks driven by skilled workers come to one’s home and remove all of the trash and recycling. The trucks then travel to a landfill to dispose of it, which I am sure charges a fee, and the recycling goes elsewhere. These trucks have to be serviced, maintained and replaced, and filled with fuel. I imagine the workers are paid a fair wage. How can any city department anywhere, much less Los Angeles, operate