“These people are going to end up rioting about this,” says Sheila Tyson, a community activist in Jefferson County, Ala. “If they let this stuff happen they are going to get the biggest riot the South has ever seen . . . I can see it coming.” That’s a pretty serious prediction. What could possibly start a riot that big? She’s talking about the likelihood of Jefferson County increasing its water and sewage bill rates. Oh. Is it really all that bad? “If the sewer bill gets higher, my light might get cut off and if I try to catch...
