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Originally Posted by Beatle17
The mayor and his select group of tax and spend left leaning group do not look for ways to save money, they steal over $50Million of the provincial tax refund, don't tell us what they are using it for, AND raise our taxes. We all know it costs to run the city and have no issue paying our taxes for needed services but i have an issue when the smug bastard tells us he knows better.
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The other problem with "nobles_point's" argument - is that he's saying, just because a far left, eastern Canadian city, votes in favour of sky high taxes - we should completely disregard what Calgarians think and copy those far left eastern Canadian cities. Each city is supposed to vote how they see fit.
So you can't justify massive nenshi-era property tax increases - simply by comparing them to other cities, who have much different political beliefs than conservative cities in Alberta. This is just a way to tell Calgarians to be quiet, shut them down, and tell them to obey gov - when it should be the other way around.
nenshi's used this cop out every single year after he raised taxes significantly. The correct benchmark's how he's performing relative to his predecessor - Bronconnier. nenshi's average property tax increase was $112/year vs. $44/year for Bronconnier.
It's probably because of these games that nenshi plays, which is why the Flames don't want to talk to him.