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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
See how easy it is for people to influence the city's spending and growth?
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Easy? Puleease. If it wasn't for the media outcry, it would have been ignored just like every other effort that is being made. One example is just an outlier.
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Not speaking up is the bigger tragedy. The City has numerous channels for citizens to voice their concerns and get in the loop on civic issues. And it's sad to see people complain when 70% of eligible Calgarian's aren't even voting let alone speaking up.
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When the growing trend is that the City isn't listening, what does it matter? Bronco is going to do what Bronco wants, and he's going to shout down anyone who apposes him. That's what he's trying to do with the province, and fits his personality to a T.
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
And for the record, 62% of Calgarians are in favour of increasing taxes to maintain and expand services, while only 21% want to cut taxes to maintain the current level, and 10% want to cut services to reduce taxes altogether. ( http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/...ion_survey.pdf) |
For the record, based on your own link, 74% would rather new User Fees be introduced or expanded instead of raising taxes while 26% want their taxes to go up (slide 36). Also, the satisfaction with how the City is spending tax dollars is going down (slide 33).
Tell me again that Calgarians want their taxes increased... It'll just reflect, once again, how the City isn't listening.