Rate Capping Stays on the Agenda.
Their rate capping motion soundly beaten in the Parliament this week the Libs have declared they will make rate capping an election issue come March 2018. In other words Down but not Out. Are you burdened by taxes and looking for relief? If so I ask you...Rate Capping by ESCOSA or Rates determined by Elected Members
Does the Liberal State Opposition believe Councils are incapable of running a tight budget? Following on from my previous blog posts on rate capping I ask the question whether the Libs believe that Councils are spending the rates they collect from you...And I know I am right.
And I know I am right is how Cr Michael Hudson from our Parkside Ward sums up a recent blog post on his Grumpy In Unley website on our current proposed rate rise. Consistent to his views in the time I have been on council and I suspect way before I joined...To Cap Council Rates or not-that is the question.
As I sit down tonight and over the weekend to deliberate on the agenda of a special council meeting set for next Wednesday night that is the question I ponder. Whether there is a justification for an outside body to cap Council rates or not. This meeting has been...Council Rates verses Council Services
Council rates verses council services is always the question at this time of year. As always the press has been beating up on us for what they call a cash grab. We are an easy target at this time of year and the impression is we are making money out of our rate...
Cr Don Palmer
Providing Local Leadership and Working for You.
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