Here is a letter to the editor from Lydia Smith:
To the editor:
Re: Cobourg taxpayers association holds budget protest rally outside Victoria Hall, news, April 28
In this article it states: Responding to a CTA press release that said taxpayers should “brace themselves for next year” should the 2016 budget be approved, “which shows (the Town) plans to grow property taxes by a staggering $4.5 million or 20 per cent in 2017”, Cobourg Mayor Gil Brocanier said this is not the case.
Ken Strauss, one of the CTA Directors, discusses CIVIC, a proposed Economic Development project that affects all citizens and taxpayers. Although there are numerous aspects of the CIVIC proposal that are questionable, the most serious is the entire lack of accountability to the public.
Lack of accountability a serious structural flaw
The Cobourg Taxpayers Association (CTA) says the CIVIC Business Case presented to Council for approval in principle is seriously flawed.
Although there are numerous aspects of the CIVIC proposal that are questionable, the most serious is the entire lack of accountability to the public, said spokesperson Ken Strauss.
For those of you who may not have heard, the $312K NMAI waiver was declined (6-1) at this past Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. (See Press Release here). Without the CTA and your involvement, we believe the waiver would have been approved by Council last fall.
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