08-30-2016, 04:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2016, 04:50 PM by BuildingScout.)
(08-30-2016, 04:26 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: If the region ever decided that township residents warrant a transit service that saw all communities connected to the cities (some only a couple of times a day, others more frequently) but in order to do so, ALL households in the region would pay an increase to their property taxes to cover it, would those arguing here in favour of charging township residents for a service they cannot access in their community be okay with such an increase in their taxes?
I'll answer because this brings back the discussion to the LRT:
For sure they would be in favour, and this is not hypothetical. Most people here are in favour of building the LRT extension to Cambridge, even though most of us here are unlikely to benefit from it since most of the present readership is KW based.
p.s. I don't care if my tax monies go to the townships or the city, that is not the breakdown of expenses I want from my government. I care that tax funds are spent wisely in the ways that make the most sense. When a new school is approved I don't ask: "is it in a township or in KW?", my question instead is "what are the demographics?". If they show a need because of increase in school age population, then I support the expenditure wherever that school is being built.