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[爱城新闻] 市长要增加财产税(SUN)

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发表于 2007-5-9 22:25 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
Mayor warns of 'scary' tax hike
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Think your property taxes are high now? You ain't seen nothing yet. ) \) W1 D" V3 m9 V2 A" Y) i
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Edmontonians could face a "scary" tax hike of up to 10% next year, Mayor Stephen Mandel said. That would be the highest property tax increase since the 1980s.
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Mandel tossed out the figure yesterday following a presentation by administration that outlined the intense economic pressures the city is facing as a result of Alberta's economic boom.
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"Looking at this we're talking an 8-10% tax increase," Mandel said in council chambers. ; J3 \; X# A" t6 Y

$ E! ^5 T! M7 u2 C" ECity manager Al Maurer confirmed that Mandel's prediction was on the money, based on initial cost estimates: ?2 ?6 K; d! x0 Z7 p1 L
"Given the amount of it, it's going to be scary," the mayor said.
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9 C. K: C1 p5 M% E$ W* u% F9 VA hike in that range could cost the average homeowner up to $200 a year. 2 V. x' Y; ?& M9 \9 Y

/ m& O6 R$ O/ N- _/ I"There's no question costs are going up," said Coun. Michael Phair, who conceded the tax hike "may very well" be in the range predicted by Mandel.
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8 ~$ L4 K8 }6 e' i; [% J+ h' XCoun. Ron Hayter said it's still very early in the process, and he cautioned against getting overly anxious at this point. - i4 t/ C5 |* z# L9 n) `

& @* g: E' ~- G/ g% K! iThe draft budget does not come out until November.
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"I'm not looking for a major increase next year, at least not too much more than we've already approved for this year," Hayter said. & j( i2 F6 Z* I' M5 x
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"It won't be as bad as some people are making it out." 8 L) k2 I5 o0 A

; z2 _- i, a) {' w% x, }( G0 ~Maurer said income from investments and various financial strategies could offset a large hike. 0 K+ k: h5 R1 _: ?: T

" q9 U& J- p, q; ]" kHowever, he said there aren't really any city programs that could be cut in order to save a few bucks. : M+ p  _' l/ v1 P
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"We've certainly got more demands," Maurer said, noting council still has to find money to fund an improved snow-clearing program. + U& r8 f# q: R6 b) o; p3 ]0 f: `
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Scott Hennig, with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said there's no excuse for a double-digit tax increase.
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$ n' A# C- E& |He said hikes should be limited to inflation, which is pegged at 5% both this year and next, according to the city. ( F9 F  }/ U% x: O& _( B- H
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"They're going to hear from a lot of angry taxpayers if they're looking at 10%," Hennig said.
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"I don't know what some of these members of council are going to be able to say to some pensioner who got a 2% hike in their pension."
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& t& F3 Y: {' W+ p, RThe average property tax bill in Edmonton will go up 4.95% this year, the city has said. 4 p2 s" x; ?6 b6 e4 n: H

; ~; Y1 O$ t0 W; S' v8 y3 _The tax on homes will go up higher than average - about 7%. The figures include both municipal tax and the provincial education tax, which the city collects.
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8 q, r: y& F# `% Q1 z# n. ^Tax bills will be mailed May 25 and payments are due June 30.
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发表于 2007-5-9 23:35 | 显示全部楼层
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一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!
1 ?: [7 O' v1 V, H: T- x更可恨的是,收了这么多税,市政建设却一塌糊涂,公车的班次不增加,道路上又都是大大小小的坑,太不要脸了!
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发表于 2007-5-10 03:19 | 显示全部楼层
没财产是不是就不用交税了 ?
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发表于 2007-5-10 07:14 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
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发表于 2007-5-10 09:48 | 显示全部楼层
10% is not a big deal. But there are holes all over Edmonton, I don't know where the money goes.
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发表于 2007-5-10 11:37 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 xdd 于 2007-5-10 10:48 发表
/ q' I( b; B- C3 d* @10% is not a big deal. But there are holes all over Edmonton, I don't know where the money goes.

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发表于 2007-5-10 14:31 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
原帖由 sujie_alex 于 2007-5-10 00:35 发表 - D- s( w9 o& E/ H; v4 S; u- R
政府趁火打劫!
' y6 Z8 Q' e& s, {  g6 B7 s( H, R一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!
  C+ [. P. q2 B% b* S3 B4 m更可恨的是,收了这么多税,市政建设却一塌糊涂,公车的班次不增加,道路上又都是大大小小的坑,太不要脸了!

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9 ~+ n; u+ f/ s! l% d  YThis is the worst Mayor I've seen in Canada.
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发表于 2007-5-10 15:04 | 显示全部楼层

回复 #3 Zee 的帖子

Your landlord needs to collect it from you to cover his loss.  Eventually, pay by you my friend.  Also consider the increase in ETS bus pass.  I guess we should fire the Mayor and his council.  Do not vote for any of these people again.  Too Greedy and do nothing to the City.
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发表于 2007-5-10 16:06 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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发表于 2007-5-10 17:15 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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发表于 2007-5-10 19:12 | 显示全部楼层
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发表于 2007-5-10 19:18 | 显示全部楼层

kick the mayor out

原帖由 火与星 于 2007-5-10 20:12 发表 ; p$ s' Z, M. z9 N, d. s% N9 z; L2 B
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So BAd mayor. Put him down
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发表于 2007-5-11 00:18 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
Stephen Mandel ----Son of B*i*t*c*hes!!!
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发表于 2007-5-11 04:32 | 显示全部楼层

支持政府早日出台这个政策

老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
现在爱城的放假飞升,也导致房租高涨,看看下面这个帖子:$ S" M3 D: N0 x# a
http://www.edmontonchina.com/vie ... &extra=page%3D1
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$ R; B) [: c, K# F5 [房价涨的这么快,很大的因素就是有人在炒房,还有很多盲目的购房者。出台这样的措施,可以有效的控制房价。财力不够的,就不要拼命卖房,这样只会帮着房产商太高房价。
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发表于 2007-5-11 11:37 | 显示全部楼层
"we should fire the Mayor and his council.  Do not vote for any of these people again.  Too Greedy and do nothing to the City"2 Z7 o2 ~3 ?6 o! Z  U
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发表于 2007-5-11 11:51 | 显示全部楼层
据说这个SOB的mayor自己有几千套 mobile home, 他可是房地产疯长的最大收益者!!
理袁律师事务所
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发表于 2007-5-11 15:27 | 显示全部楼层
同言同羽 置业良晨
Edmonton的市长, Alberta的省长. 我一个都不喜欢, 怀念以前的.
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发表于 2007-5-11 21:37 | 显示全部楼层

Can we go strike for the increase of Property tax?

Go to City hall and Strike ask for fireing mayor
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