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Election issues to consider

writer shares election-related points he feels may help

Voters are entitled to six votes to elect councillors, however, voters should only vote for the councillors they want to elect even if you use fewer than six votes.

If you want to elect three candidates then you vote for three candidates. As any excess use of votes could cancel out the ones you actually want to elect.

If you think you would like a change in council, you need to consider the present council’s record:

- Owner/Operator of CMON high-speed internet service a dead end.

- Council scrapping the middle school and now the Pioneer Arena. Replaced with a $25 million debt to homeowners.

- Forced unhealthy smart water meters on homeowners without a referendum.

- Cost just for a sole service water line to Twin Rivers was $1 million, paid for by taxpayers.

- A cost of $4 million for water/sewer to the airport land. Paid for by a tax increase.

- A new multi-million dollar water reservoir to allow an increased capacity to finance ongoing development, as yet to be added onto the taxpayer’s bill.

- A new long-term agreement to continue to reduce industry’s local taxes comes at a time when Celgar Pulp received $57 million tax dollars. This was used to build and entirely pay for their new electric generation plant, resulting in additional income stream for Celgar Pulp, a foreign corporation, which now refuses to support even local taxation.

Homeowners will have another additional tax increase to pay for the shortfall resulting from the industry refusing to pay their fair share. Can families simply afford a council to continue in this direction?

Please get out and vote just for whom you want to elect.

 

–Mel McMullen

Castlegar