High Taxes...Spent Extravagantly...Are Universally Resented

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A Missed Opportunity":

How does the hydro building lease "cater to the elite"?

Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 16 August 2014 08:07

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 The  question  needs to be asked of those who did  the deed and those who have continued it.

The people who believe the needs of  Queen's York  Rangers are more important to the community than the needs of the town herself.

The ones  who believe a debt of  $27 million could be justified by providing the Rangers with a new home while the old one continues to occupy a key corner of our town park and is now being offered  for  sale to the financial benefit of the federal government.

Had we sold the Hydro property, we would have realized a substantial asset, gained annual assessment revenue, added jobs for residents and  had one less property to maintain.

All of which is forfeit with a forty year lease without a termination clause

Now tell me again,  the community's interest  was served. And I will tell you!you are out if your tree.

And let me tell you again...when it comes to taxes ...there is no  elite

There is a common understanding that government should not collect taxes except for services required,  endorsed by the community and provided at an efficient level.

The higher the taxes, the lower the value, the greater the  common resentment.

There is no society strata  that supports nin- com-poopery

There was a time, Queen's York Rangers  officers were part of our community,most of the cadets were  our own children and  the Mayor of Aurora was honorary colonel. The Rangers were part of  the town's volunteer sector.

The Mayor  no longer has that distinction. Cadets  are bussed from Keswick. The  Armories that cost  the town so dear, no longer even bears the  town's name.