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Originally Posted by josh white
With regard to taxes, Calgary has some of the lowest property taxes of any major city in North America. Consequently, we get some of the skimpiest services. People want services, but seeminly not willing to pay for them.
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I'm not sure that's true anymore - if it were ever really possible to judge. We've had what 8 straight years of tax hikes?
The funding is nice, but we've gotten billions already. Bronco typically uses the money for one of his pet projects and then goes back to the trough with his hand out whining about growth again.
And in fairness, even though I can't stand the mayor, there's no amount of money that would have dealt with our growth anyway. The change was just too fast. Anyone in his shoes would have been unable to make a dent in the infrastucture problems.