tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post7852997805204292484..comments2024-03-29T03:38:00.494-07:00Comments on North Coast Review: Mayor Brain shifts focus on ScraptheTaxCap from tax justice for the city, to Saving the City!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-20115148499270610172022-09-30T13:50:58.819-07:002022-09-30T13:50:58.819-07:00It's interesting to look back at the 2011 play...It's interesting to look back at the 2011 playbook on how to organize "The Great Unleashing" of a process to "change the governing structure of the community". Some of the techniques have been used to make the elected government effectively synonymous with the Mayor. It's also unsettling because optimism and collaboration were replaced somewhere along the line with hostility and vitriol towards other institutions, and a somewhat apocalyptic view of the world. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-80722552321323885662022-09-30T10:25:19.706-07:002022-09-30T10:25:19.706-07:00Other than a bullet point during annual budgets, a...Other than a bullet point during annual budgets, and a couple of slides during the annual Mayor Ted Talk. The tax cap has been a backburner issue for eight years with this administration.<br /><br />Now, after almost a decade. A hashtag will unleash public fury that will drive change and dismantle the institutions that imprison us. <br /><br />Straight from the playbook of Lee Brain.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqHFrz-RVacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-59791102513587068262022-09-29T17:35:32.994-07:002022-09-29T17:35:32.994-07:00A steep tax hike that's big enough to 'sav...A steep tax hike that's big enough to 'save the city' from its infrastructure deficit would be a rude awakening to a lot of people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-47919207690051088862022-09-29T13:36:25.202-07:002022-09-29T13:36:25.202-07:00Very well said. I comment from the "peanut ga...Very well said. I comment from the "peanut gallery"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-49818029070425721462022-09-29T13:17:21.062-07:002022-09-29T13:17:21.062-07:00I think you will be in for a rude awakening I think you will be in for a rude awakening Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-48543906339933667012022-09-29T12:50:22.015-07:002022-09-29T12:50:22.015-07:00PRPA acknowledges a $1.6 million gap between port ...PRPA acknowledges a $1.6 million gap between port tax cap rates and the City's current mil rate for major industry (not counting the Provincial grant). If the caps are removed, how much does the outgoing mayor think major industry tax rates should be raised in order to plug a $600 million infrastructure deficit or even a meaningful part of that? Of course, he doesn't have to answer that because he's leaving office. <br /><br />I respect that the petition organizers are anonymous and entirely focused on the issues rather than themselves and that they have done a lot of work. <br /><br />The outgoing mayor, though, just cannot help putting himself at the centre of attention. He is becoming an embarrassment, and it really is time for him to leave the stage. <br /><br />When it takes office, the new mayor and council will have to distance themselves from him and make a fresh start if it wants to be taken seriously on the tax cap issue by the Province and other stakeholders. Expressions like 'highway robbery' and 'save the city' do not play well in other places. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877493408875483921.post-46055157587297952212022-09-29T12:10:50.296-07:002022-09-29T12:10:50.296-07:00Where has the mayor been the last 8 years. I look ...Where has the mayor been the last 8 years. I look at the state of the city since he took office and am offended that this is considered acceptable.<br /><br />Bluster doesn’t fix the fact the mayor has had pet projects but didn’t really seem to care about the condition on the city overall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com