Taxpayers ambushed by huge pay hike
The letter of the law was followed, but not the spirit of the law. Taxpayers are asking whether it’s good governance for city council in Victoria to all of a…
Regional policing costs almost $800 M
Why doesn’t the city bill the CRD for policing? A fractured policing model costing $800 million annually continues to make law enforcement in the capital region more expensive and less…
April Fools’ Day comes early for taxpayers
Council has given itself a 25 percent raise and city taxpayers can’t help but think it’s an early April Fools’ Day joke. Let’s get this straight for the record. Council…
The ‘Survival Guide to Local Government’ quiz
Just moved to Greater Victoria? Just saw your latest tax bill and are gobsmacked? Just coming out of hiding after suffering an existential crisis because of the pandemic and climate…