Lethbridge property tax increase is unacceptable

By Lethbridge Herald on November 23, 2022.

Editor:

I was horrified to hear about the tax increases, taking our tax to a level I never expected to see. The solution is quite simple though, every bit of discretionary spending should be eliminated. The $44 million in bike lanes should be eliminated. Anything to do with issues that are not the City of Lethbridge’s mandate like federal Indigenous issues or provincial addiction issues, should also not be addressed by the City. 

You could quickly eliminate enough issues to keep this tax rate down to the minimal amount it should be at by addressing only those services that are critical to the City of Lethbridge. Anything else should be eliminated until the rate of inflation has been addressed. At that time, caution must be paramount as this city has had the highest, or close to the highest tax rates in Alberta. This needs to stop!

Jill Skriver

Lethbridge