Comment 118852

By Gregory (registered) | Posted May 27, 2016 at 12:15:18 in reply to Comment 118844

The figures are a matter of public record. I think The Spec reported this week that we (the city) "granted" $4.8 million to a developer. I'm not familiar with the project or the people involved, but then I heard that developers in general were getting nervous due to wavering on the LRT commitment. So lets recap, we have to fund the LRT and then we have to fund the developers. Seems taxpayers always pay. Just a guess, but I am assuming that most taxpayers don't have $4.8 million. So poor in this context can be everyone that has less than the recipient of our largess. To be fair, after the developers are finished, we will collect more property taxes (and be responsible for providing more services). Recall that the city has debts and our infrastructure is severely underfunded. So the established pattern is to borrow more and continue to increase property taxes without a plan to reverse the trend. When will city staff and property owners catch a break?

Not sure how you estimate staggering costs, the suggestion is to paint bike lanes on existing roads so that people feel comfortable riding their bikes and LEV's

Utopia is a reach, but if we work in that direction, things will be incrementally better, right?

Gregory Ciupka

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