It is disturbing to think that half of council wants to download more of the tax burden onto single residential homeowners. This is what happened about a week ago when council voted on this motion and the result was a tie vote, as one member of council was missing.
Instead of administration and council dealing with the cause of the city's high taxes which include uncontrolled spending and high staffing levels they just what to shuffle things around and leave many homeowners in a very vulnerable position. Telling homeowners they will have to pay more of the tax burden will leave many taxpayers with less disposable income which will be reflected in their purchasing power and will help no one.
Council is to vote again this Monday when all members of council are expected to be in attendance, including Shelby Chung who was absent at last week's council meeting. Concerned homeowners need to contact all members of councillors and voice their concerns. The councillors who voted to have residential homeowners pick up more of the tax burden include Mayor Ken Boshcoff, Brian Hamiliton, Mark Benz, Greg Johnson, Dominique Pasqualino, and Kristen Oliver.
Ray Smith, Thunder Bay
