While you were away on holidays
To look for the most important controversial civic issues look at city agendas a day or two before the holiday summer weekends when residents head out on holidays. For the…
As expected, the fix was in on council pay increase
Citizen’s Task Force on Remuneration recommends mayor’s salary also be ‘realigned as soon as practicable’ Hard-pressed taxpayers are in for an unpleasant shock when they learn the Council Remuneration Task…
Our community deserves a seat at the Big City Mayors’ table
For years Greater Victoria has tried unsuccessfully to get a regular voice with the prime minister, cabinet and the federal government. So it’s encouraging that the Chair Colin Plant of…
Is the fix in on council pay?
FILE UPDATED JUNE 29, 2024 City taxpayers are wondering if it’s just a matter of time before councillors get their outrageous 25 percent pay hike this year. To date, since…
Pool of money needed from everyone
Exhaustion has set in after 20 years of talk and we’re likely going to dive off a five-metre platform and plunge into the deep-end of an Olympic-sized pool. To replace…
Full-time councillors unjustified
City council has heard loud and clear from residents who don’t want local politicians setting their own compensation. Who could forget the hullabaloo over a proposed 25% pay hike before…
Council code of conduct toothless
Two months later, informal complaint still unanswered On March 27 Grumpy Taxpayer$ asked if Mayor Marianne Alto or a member of council would file a complaint against one of their…
BC plagued by dysfunctional councils
When a parent stands by watching children year-after-year throw sand in each other’s face, what‘s the owner of a daycare to do? The parent, that‘s the provincial government, is responsible…
Taxpayers likely facing millions in extra costs
Commentary by Bev Highton, board member with Grumpy Taxpayer$ The Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatment (ARREST) formed in 2012 might be saying “we told you so.” An…