At today's Committee of the Whole meeting, Newmarket Council is reviewing user fees, licensing, and other ancillary revenue sources for the Town.
That, in itself, isn't news. Under the "leadership" of the gruesome twosome taxes and other fees have gone up,up and up for each year they've been in elected office.
And guess what? It is safe to predict that they'll go up again next year and the year after that too.
If overburdened Newmarket residents can ever hope to see tax relief, they will have to elect new leadership who actually gives a damn about fiscal management.
What is "news" is that Council is going ahead with reviewing these hikes without the input of any representative of Ward 5.
What's the rush?
Why isn't Council waiting just a short six weeks until the new Council member is elected in order to ensure that there is no taxation without representation?
Could this rush to get these new hikes through (with what I expect will be little or no debate) be a sign that the incumbent powers on Council are concerned about the outcome of the by-election?
Lord know that Council is very good at deferring issues. Asking for a deferral is a regular occurrence at Council. I would suggest that Council should wait the six weeks to hike user fees and licensing costs in order that all Wards are represented.
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