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Originally Posted by Keith P.
From the Herald:
https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/8-...-increase-recommended-for-hrm-100797117/
As anyone with 2 clues could have predicted, the gravy train is pulling into the station and now we are back in the real world. HRM's spending over the last few years has been completely unsustainable and the problems are myriad. From pissing away money on vanity/signaling/unpopular special interest projects, to bloat in the bureaucracy, to ridiculously rich collective agreements, there is a huge issue facing the nabobs at City Hall. If Council wants any chance at getting re-elected - despite not deserving one - they need to make significant cuts. The electorate will not stand for a tax increase like this.
On the bright side, if they fail to address this we will likely see wholesale change around the Council table after the election. |
Don't hold your breath. It seems to me the average voter has little understanding of these realities and/or doesn't care. We've seen more than one incompetent (fiscally and otherwise) councillor get re-elected multiple times.
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