Letters to the Editor
Electric vehicles need fossil fuels to run
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2022
Editor: Electric cars are wonderful machines, but are they going to save the planet as some claim? If we look at all the material required to build them such as lithium, cobalt, copper, etc., that all has to be mined, and at what cost to the environment? And not only that, what about all the ... Read More »
6 responsesCity council should rescind Enmax Centre parking fee
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2022
Editor: Recently the Lethbridge Hurricanes indicated attendance is down 300 – 400 per game as a result of the City implementing a $5/game parking charge. It’s time for council to reconsider and eliminate this charge. Does the money collected each game cover the lost concession revenue from having 300 – 400 less people/game? In addition ... Read More »
2 responsesA high quality of life is worth the extra amount of property taxes
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2022
Editor: 5.1 per cent isn’t the problem when it comes to taxes, the real issue is that the previous council kept increases artificially low. KPMG recommended job cuts and they happened. Council took pay cuts as did non-union management. The result? Taxpayers complaining the grass wasn’t cut or roads weren’t ploughed quick enough. Everybody wants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A high quality of life is worth the extra amount of property taxes
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2022
Editor: 5.1 per cent isn’t the problem when it comes to taxes, the real issue is that the previous council kept increases artificially low. KPMG recommended job cuts and they happened. Council took pay cuts as did non-union management. The result? Taxpayers complaining the grass wasn’t cut or roads weren’t ploughed quick enough. Everybody wants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!There is much more to the vaccine story than we’re told
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2022
Editor: Approximately one year after the initial outbreak of COVID-19, a lengthy editorial appeared in this paper signed by 40 area doctors, some of great distinction. The editorial expressed concern “…about rising numbers of COVID cases” claiming that “with the vaccine rollout progressing the end is in sight” and “vaccines are safe and the best ... Read More »
15 responsesDoing the math on property tax hike
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2022
Editor: I thought I would shed some light on the year-over-year tax increase of 5.1 per cent. I calculated what the change would compute to be in four applications of the indicated increase. I am sure the council and most who understand the principle of compound interest, understand that each year the increase is applied ... Read More »
2 responsesHelping the wealthy is all the ‘conservatives’ care about
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2022
Editor: Once again we see fellow seniors and rural Albertans blindly supporting the word conservative and ignoring what these Reformers, pretending they are conservatives, are doing to us. Those of us from the world of finance estimate that they have helped the rich steal about $800 billion of our oil and tax wealth since the ... Read More »
2 responsesCity’s budgeting math doesn’t add up
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2022
Editor: In Mayor Hyggen’s recent monthly column in the Lethbridge Herald, he wrote, “With the new initiatives we have recommended, the increase is now proposed at 5.10 per cent for each of the next four years. This is equivalent to a $129.93 per year per single family residence based on an average market value of ... Read More »
3 responsesWhat is the motivation for premier’s trip to Germany?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2022
Editor: Danielle Smith. Does she have Indigenous roots, Ukrainian heritage or is she just the tooth fairy? In the most recent development, her government has decided to sprinkle fairy dust amongst the electorate in the form of inflation relief payments targeted at families and seniors (who make up the bulk of voters) and ignores minimum ... Read More »
9 responsesIt’s time to reduce the salaries in our bureaucracies
By Lethbridge Herald on November 25th, 2022
Editor: It is quite clear that due to out-of-control spending and poor negotiation, the bureaucracy of the federal and most provincial jurisdictions in Canada has ballooned. For example, in Ontario, the amount of workers on the Sunshine List (a list of workers making over $100,000 a year in Ontario) has grown exponentially from 4,494 workers ... Read More »
6 responsesLethbridge property tax increase is unacceptable
By Lethbridge Herald on November 23rd, 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 ... Read More »
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