But private developers aren't really using their own money - they are passing the costs on to the future owners and residents of their projects and in turn driving up housing costs. Developers shouldn't feel they have to offer amenities in order to get their housing projects approved.
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#861
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:30 AM
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#862
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:35 AM
Why be so negative, all the time?
Jeez Louise, nparker.
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#863
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:37 AM
Telling the truth isn't being negative, unless of course the truth itself is negative, which often it is.
#864
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:39 AM
You complain about taxes. You complain about private money paying for things your taxes would otherwise pay for. You then complain about the state of things that your taxes haven't paid to fix, and will complain if private dollars want to fix it.
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#865
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:39 AM
Feels like you two are arguing with yourselves. Mike complains about transit lacking to Sooke, but also complains about taxes going up too.
#866
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:42 AM
I wish a private developer would improve transit infrastructure in my neighbourhood. But I'm not that fortunate.
I think you'll find, Lanf, that I make note of taxes rising, and transit services worsening. That's a fair take, no?
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#867
Posted 04 April 2024 - 11:48 AM
Oh, taxes rising and services worsening just seems to be par for the course lately, don't it .
#868
Posted 04 April 2024 - 01:11 PM
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#869
Posted 04 April 2024 - 01:24 PM
On a related matter, does anyone know who approves the “public art” frequently provided as an amenity? Hideous examples abound - the concrete mattress and the phone booth/garbage can at the arena spring to mind but there are many others. There must be a committee behind these inexplicable decisions somewhere. At the very least they should be named and shamed.
#870
Posted 05 April 2024 - 09:43 AM
Harrell's draft transportation proposal would be largest property tax levy in Seattle history
Voters will decide whether Seattle’s Department of Transportation should get $1.35 billion in property taxes over the next eight years to repave busy streets, maintain bridges, build and repair sidewalks and expand the city’s bike network. Here's what we know about Mayor Bruce Harrell's draft plan
#871
Posted 05 April 2024 - 09:50 AM
Currently even tiny road work projects are impossible for small municipalities to independently fund, because costs are so high.
It simply cannot go on this way, unless we begin borrowing money for every public improvement, which will drown growing communities in debt over the long term.
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#872
Posted 05 April 2024 - 10:42 AM
...unless we begin borrowing money for every public improvement, which will drown growing communities in debt over the long term.
Begin? I thought we were already doing this (for the most part). Each person in Canada already owes over $33,000 to government debt. Kicking the can down the road is a Canadian institution.
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#873
Posted 17 April 2024 - 04:18 AM
#874
Posted 27 April 2024 - 12:27 AM
‘Think the tax rate is too low’
At the meeting, Kim said she approved of the five-year financial plan, with one reservation.
“The only thing I can’t support about this is that I think the tax rate is too low,” she said.
“I’ve said this before and I’m going to say this again, we as public government are the vehicle to transfer wealth to people who need it most, and I believe this is a lost opportunity, as every year prior has been.”
Kim said she looks forward to debating the tax increase next year, with her eyes set on upping the tax rate as much as possible in Victoria.
“Listen, pundits, take this away – I’ll aim for a 90, 95, 99 per cent tax lift, take it away,” she said, “We’ll see you then.”
https://www.cheknews...crease-1201219/
Showing her true Marxism there.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 April 2024 - 12:28 AM.
#875
Posted 27 April 2024 - 06:27 AM
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#876
Posted 27 April 2024 - 06:30 AM
I don't mind this.
It's not often we see a politician speak their mind like this. We need to see much more of this degree of honesty and openness.
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Posted 27 April 2024 - 06:31 AM
#878
Posted 27 April 2024 - 06:31 AM
I don't mind this.
It's not often we see a politician speak their mind like this. We need to see much more of this degree of honesty and openness.
Funny, she did not say this on the campaign trail.
That's my issue.
If she had run on a campaign of a 95% tax increase, and a 25% salary increase, fine. She did neither.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 April 2024 - 06:32 AM.
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#879
Posted 27 April 2024 - 10:47 AM
I don't mind this.
It's not often we see a politician speak their mind like this. We need to see much more of this degree of honesty and openness.
Even if you don’t like it, or maybe especially if you don’t like it, it’s always good to know where people stand.
#880
Posted 27 April 2024 - 10:55 AM
But as VW said, did Comrade Kim make this particular stand known before the October 2022 election?
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