Halifax budget: Which wall?
"WE HAVE HIT THE WALL, finance staff told Halifax council in a sobering presentation last week on the outlook for the next two municipal budgets."
Where does this wall come from? Mayor Peter Kelly and his council keep building or trying to build it with our money no less.
The list is long and self evident to almost everybody but our Mayor Kelly lead City Council.
1. The Commonwealth Games
2. The new Convention centre
3. The way over priced excessive new library.
4, A football stadium that will sit Idle most of the year
5. The high speed ferry from Bedford.
6. Paying to bring money losing concerts and sporting events to HRM.
7. Building things like the Bedford rink without waiting for federal financial support.
The answer is simple. Council get your act together and spend money on what you are mandated to do, what the majority of the taxpayers need and that will benefit the majority of taxpayers and stop pandering to the few.
Accept the fact that, contrary to your evident beliefs, the tax well is not bottomless, that there is a limit and you've passed it. Spend money the way we have to and you personally do by accounting for every cent and the need of spending it.
Its not hard to do look at what you have in the bank and use it wisely don't squander money on economic black holes today with the idea that you will cover it with tax hikes and service cuts next year.
If you want to spend money like Moncton. Toronto Vancouver move there and get yourself elected to that council.
Bruce DeVenne
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