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Sorry voter. This is a very specific task (hookup), with a specific fee, used for a specific service utilized (or not) by the individual taxpayer. Now, I've long advocated a user fee for public schools, and various other government services, much like a gasoline tax. If you don't drive, you don't pay it. While I am sensitive to the "universal good" argument, it comes with a cost. And that cost is born disproportionately by those who do not use government services, but are forced to pay for them. Fire and police? You never know, so I'm on board. Sewer connection? No. If nothing else, we can certainly agree that the notion of "universal good" has metastasized into something far more wasteful, expensive, inefficient, and ineffective than originally intended.