So now that you poked the bear, I had to look at mine. I also am in
California, east of you. I do not have the Palo Alto UUT fee.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 13:14 Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service through Verizon.
> It's a simple plan with unlimited text, unlimited talk, and more data
> than we can use. We pay a fee for the service, and we pay a "fixed
> amount" for each phone. So far, so good.
>
> However, for some reason that I've never explored until this week, my
> wife's "fixed amount" is 28 cents more than mine. It's always been that
> way (25+ years now), and I always wondered, but never investigated.
>
> Yesterday I finally investigated. Turns out, the extra 28 cents is in
> the part labeled "fees and government charges". Looking into that a
> little more finds a fee called "Palo Alto City UUT" in the amount of,
> you guessed it, 28 cents.
>
> Now, if I lived in the city of Palo Alto, I might consider that normal.
> However, we don't live in the city of Palo Alto.
>
> In fact, we don't even live in the same county as Palo Alto. While Palo
> Alto is relatively close, it IS in the next county. Is this even legal?
> How can a city in the next county charge my wife's phone (and not mine)
> a utility tax?
>
> Have any of you looked in your Verizon bill lately?
>
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