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Goderich council determined to act in the fairest way possible
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though they were taken a year ago, when
economic prokpects weren't dire.
What the Premier did do was to turn it
back to municipalities. He encouraged
local governments to "act responsibly
given the circumstances and recognize
that that perhaps was an unrealistic
assessment."(Canadian Press)
The local citizens rallying' against the
increases should take heart because as a
community we are not alone in asking
our municipally elected representatives
to try as hard as possible to hold the line
on the increases.
I sat down with Goderich Mayor Deb
Shewfelt before Christmas to talk about
the assessments.
If the above cannot be accomplished
that the rate of increase be held to infla-
tion or less."
Mayor Shewfelt impressed upon me that
Goderich council never did say that a
zero increase was promised.
"Goderich council is determined to act
in the fairest way possible," said the
Mayor. "At the next meeting of council I
will be asking councillors to drop the
rate as much as possible, but in the end
there will still be winners and losers."
Deb reminded me that when all is said
and done the issue of property assess-
ment is still very much a provincial mat-
ter.
He added; "The problem with Dalton
McGuinty's new assessment scheme is
that it locks people in at the height of the
hot housing market with no sign of relief
until 2012."
Passing the provincial buck off to
municipalities was said to be "beyond
ridiculous" by the Ontario New
Democrats.
While municipal councils play defence
for the province, in their role as the voic-
es of the people who elected them, it
makes sense that folks who feel strongly
about the need for a change to the new
assessments contact their council mem-
bers, and write letters opposing the
assessments.
What has become clear to me in devel-
oping this column is that for change to
occur it ultimately begins and ends with
the provincial government.
The Premier's admission of the assess-
ments as skewered yet leaving the
municipalities of mg the bag and tak-
ing the flak is just unacceptable.
I think it's fair to suggest to our munici-
pal representatives to add our communi-
ty to the growing list of those asking the
provincial government to scrap this new
model of assessment and come up with
one that is more representing of the
trending economic times.
After all if the our elected officials at all
levels are expecting individual families,
to make adjustments to their financial
and spending habits in these trying eco-
nomic times, it's fair to ask them to do
the same and lead by example.
Hitting taxpayer's in the wallet is one
thing. Hitting them when their commu-
nities are hurting is something else
entirely.
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