Maringouin residents shocked by abrupt utility bill increase

MARINGOUIN - Sam Watson and his neighbors in Maringouin are talking about the shock they got when they opened this month's utility bill."Our bills have increased more than at 100 percent," Watson said. "I think all the citizens' bills have increased to that magnitude."Tyese Givens says for as long as she can remember, her bill for gas, water and sewer has been $65 a month. But this month it was almost $120. "We are a family on mixed income," Givens said. "We have small children and we c