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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.
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/ {. a, K9 O! g' I, CEdmontonians 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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, Z- w7 p; @8 q2 R8 vMandel 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.
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City manager Al Maurer confirmed that Mandel's prediction was on the money, based on initial cost estimates* @- Q' g* d/ G0 z
"Given the amount of it, it's going to be scary," the mayor said. 6 U, K4 Y; r6 O5 O

7 u; B/ L# h% T; g" q4 MA hike in that range could cost the average homeowner up to $200 a year. - H+ V3 P' L( r6 x0 O* [

2 D) r- `4 R6 Y3 X9 Z! D' J"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. 2 u  ^$ \) Y! Q( Y+ c4 g

+ d  m8 d' }% e; zCoun. Ron Hayter said it's still very early in the process, and he cautioned against getting overly anxious at this point. : ]: v3 r1 h$ v* ]
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The draft budget does not come out until November.
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% i8 p9 x3 s1 C"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. 0 }  o0 T' `7 K# K/ k; b% H
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"It won't be as bad as some people are making it out."
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! L, J7 ?8 b2 z" KMaurer said income from investments and various financial strategies could offset a large hike.
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However, he said there aren't really any city programs that could be cut in order to save a few bucks.
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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.
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: f+ H! P4 y8 Y( g6 J! _- JScott Hennig, with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said there's no excuse for a double-digit tax increase. % C0 V  z7 A; c/ b6 ^4 {

' m2 [6 h+ H4 ]* z8 Y3 OHe said hikes should be limited to inflation, which is pegged at 5% both this year and next, according to the city. + c: I+ u  @) \6 f% ]) a1 L+ f2 n
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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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  B! z1 a1 a& ?5 p"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." : b5 e  f& n" k+ b
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The average property tax bill in Edmonton will go up 4.95% this year, the city has said.
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+ ?* w9 ?* I4 `9 Y; F: GThe 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. # z6 T0 y1 S$ O4 z9 R2 ?
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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
政府趁火打劫!
' a$ Z7 J, j& r* O) P一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!
+ [1 P4 m3 ^6 w2 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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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
/ U$ F' x$ L% |: }! B. U/ }" W10% 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
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一头调高地价,一头增加税率,真是太过分了!
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6 l) @: S, V* `* E# i, XThis 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
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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 5 ]3 y: j8 j9 \( h" j
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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:3 p- Y$ k- z, C6 S0 S( e9 Y
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( M+ p5 p! A4 C6 L( ~7 ]5 }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"# v' S/ b  j+ W) }; o; {$ Y" P
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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!!
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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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