Now - a new civic political party in Kelowna called TaxPayersFirst.ca will be running 3 City Councillor candidates in the Kelowna local government election in November. They talk to CBC Daybreak South about their platform which includes:
* To introduce a Zero Tax Increase Bylaw for each of the next four years.
* To return City Hall to the taxpaying public.
* Review of all of our bylaws with a goal to reduce red tape.
* To use the Public Private Partnership approach (P3's) for all large public expenditures.
* To allow for binding referendums at election time.
Read their full platform here and watch a video outlining TaxpayersFirst.ca below:
Listen to the CBC Daybreak South interview here
I wonder if we'll see candidates for Williams Lake City Council (Mayor or Councillor) campaign for something like this in November's civic election. In the 2011 election - former Williams Lake Mayor Scott Nelson promised no tax hikes, if elected, however this was rejected by a majority of voters in that election...
~SF
* To introduce a Zero Tax Increase Bylaw for each of the next four years.
* To return City Hall to the taxpaying public.
* Review of all of our bylaws with a goal to reduce red tape.
* To use the Public Private Partnership approach (P3's) for all large public expenditures.
* To allow for binding referendums at election time.
Read their full platform here and watch a video outlining TaxpayersFirst.ca below:
Listen to the CBC Daybreak South interview here
I wonder if we'll see candidates for Williams Lake City Council (Mayor or Councillor) campaign for something like this in November's civic election. In the 2011 election - former Williams Lake Mayor Scott Nelson promised no tax hikes, if elected, however this was rejected by a majority of voters in that election...
~SF
Steve, thanks for sharing this, it's good to see.
ReplyDeleteYou must have similar enough data to run some of the analysis, no? Avg household income vs city hall salaries. Population growth vs tax increase?
If you have some raw data, I'd be happy to crunch numbers/charts. If you don't have the data but know where I could get it, let me know.
Best,
Tyler