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cmh blog 02 2008 |
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ICEHOTEL
I have long said that I have done all the winter camping that I ever want to do. I am willing to make one amendment to that. Anyone wanting to send me for a few nights at ICEHOTEL is more than welcome to do so. This would be an awesome place to stay for a night or two. In a thermal sleeping bag on a bed of ice. |
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The war on downtown is alive and well
Sent today to the Citizen, a big improvement on the rant I sent around to councillors earlier. Downtown residents refuse to foot the bill for years of urban sprawl and living off of reserve funds by feeding our neighbourhood parking meters. We already pay a disproportionate tax burden, the broken assessment system is about to sharply increase our subsidy to the suburbs, and now suburban councillors want us to pay almost $4 an hour just to live in our neighbourhoods and shop our local businesses? Enough is enough! The true legacy of municipal amalgamation has arrived: downtown vs. the suburbs. If suburban and rural councillors want to see the downtown rise up against their wards then they should pass these punitive parking measures. We will remember. Edited Feb 13 to add the revised version of this letter that was printed. The Citizen’s letter editor actually called me, we discussed the issue at some length and he suggested I take another run at the letter. This one is much less of a flame. I think it’s a better letter. For years, city council has been living on borrowed time, approving urban sprawl with no way to pay for ongoing costs. Now that the city reserves have run dry, suburban and rural councillors propose we foot the bill by paying more at downtown parking meters. This plan is unfair to downtown residents and businesses. We already pay a disproportionate share of the city’s costs through higher property taxes and the broken property assessment system is about to shift even more of the tax burden to us. Now, suburban and rural councillors want downtown residents to pay up to $3.75 an hour just to live in our neighbourhoods and shop at our local businesses? Enough is enough! The true legacy of municipal amalgamation seems to be a polarized city: downtown versus the suburbs. If suburban and rural councillors force the parking plan through over downtown objections, it will fuel this polarization. It’s time to shelve this cash grab and come up with a fair way to resolve our budget problem. |
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