Editor:
So today’s paper (April 12) only had four pages of advertisements from the City of Surrey – excluding required notices on zoning.
I guess that counts as some degree of restraint, considering that last week’s paper had six pages.
Not that these are unnecessary ads; they cover such core city services as organizing Easter egg hunts, teaching children to embroider and showing people how to garden.
As we brace for a 40 per cent increase in property taxes this year, I have to ask: how long will the residents of this city put up with the most spendthrift council and egomanical mayor in the city’s history?
What will it take before people demand a government that only does what a city government must do? A decade of 10-15 per cent annual tax increases? When will voters wake up and demand financial responsibility?
Ed Beauregard, Surrey