Today's Langley Advance published a letter by Dan Sheel. Dan is a switched on Township resident, parks & recreation volunteer and sports coach for many years. He is also a Surrey Fire Fighter. Dan Sheel asks the question that all Township residents should be asking. What is Mayor Green's plan to produce zero percent tax increases over the next 3 years and not bankrupt the TOL?
Dan rightly points out that the full facts of the Township finances have been known and public for some time. Despite being aware of these facts, Green promised a zero-zero-zero tax increase pedge over the next 3 years and said that he would repeal the 5% increase slated for 2009. Mayor Green was in the Town Hall directly after the election and has therefore been working fulltime for a month and a half. So what's the plan? It is only fair to TOL taxpayers that we know the full plan that Mayor Green intends to enter into budget talks with and we need to know up front so that he can't put the blame on any members of council. Over the past month we have seen considerable back-peddling by Mayor Green and he uses the art of maintaining a level of deniability to sneak away and attempt to lay blame on others.
You can demand that Mayor Green release his budget and tax plans to the public by emailing Mayor Green and council at mayorandcouncil@tol.bc.ca . Emailing both will ensure that the mayor is held accountable and your message will be seen by all. Request that the mayor reveal to all TOL residents his budget and tax plans for 2009-2011 now so that we have time to review them BEFORE the budget meetings. At the very least he should have an action plan ready for 2009.
2 comments:
Dan Sheel would have been a good councilor. I hope he runs again.
We agree that Dan Sheel is a good man, great volunteer and the kind of civic leader that we should have in the Township. We also hope that Dan will run again in 2011 and that the Township sees fit to replace a couple of self righteous people with some folks like Dan Sheel.
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