Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria

Amalgamation Yes calls for an immediate response to intractable and insular municipal relationships and the need to streamline emergency response BY JAMES (JIM) ANDERSON, CHAIR, AMALGAMATION YES Once again senior…

Our municipal overlords at city council seem to have forgotten the words of John Muir, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where…

Elected public officials earn $10-15,000 annually as directors of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Taxpayers now have a better idea what elected public officials are compensated on the Greater Victoria…

EDITOR’S NOTE: This opinion piece by Mr Anderson does not necessarily reflect the position of Grumpy Taxpayer$, and is meant for discussion purposes. BY JAMES D. ANDERSON The draft Uptown-Douglas…

EDITOR”S NOTE: This is part 2 of a question and answer (Q and A) interview with Colin Plant, chair of the CRD on the region’s most costly capital project in…

If puzzles, knitting, bird watching and adopting pets are enjoying a resurgence during the pandemic, who knows, holding politician’s feet to the fire has potential as a pastime. When 5,100…

Saanich Coun. Natalie Chambers (not Coun. Rebecca Mersereau as originally reported) failed to find a seconder to her council motion June 1 to endorse in principle the policy document Moving…

Supportive housing purchases untaxed When the City of Victoria or B.C. buys motels, hotels and land for supportive housing – during a pandemic and the greatest economic meltdown in generations…

Residential tax rates in Saanich are inching closer to those in Victoria, and are significantly higher for businesses, according to 2020 figures released by the municipalities. “Property taxes are in…