Comment 481

By Yvonne Parsons (anonymous) | Posted May 10, 2006 at 15:40:51

I am a new resident of Carlisle and just read Pastor Leach's November 2005 comment stating that the core of Hamilton subsidizes the outlying subburbs. He states that the inner city has the highest taxes, but does he put $500.00 a month away to pay his property tax? I do, and I can guarentee that I am not the highest property tax payer in Carlisle. He talks about developers getting tax breaks, well Mr Leach, developers do not necessarily live in Flamborough, it's the residents who are being charged so much tax. When amalgamtion was forced on us, property tax jumped 35% and has disproportionately increased every year since. You do not subsidize Flamborough residents, and our tax dollars which are more than outragous does not benifit us, so where are all our tax dollars going? It's not to Flamborough.
We have no sidewalks, inadequate street lamps, inadequate roads, it's not safe to even walk in our community because of these conditions, however, I'm willing to bet you enjoy sidewalks, street lamps and roads that are wide enough and well paved enough to be considered safe for motorists and pedestrians. If you think anyone is really going to subsidize gas prices, you've been sorely misinformed, that is something we all know would never happen, no matter who may start that kind of rumour. Perhaps Mr. Leach needs to get his facts straight before posting obsurd comments that have nothing to do with residents of Flamborough as well.

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