86 city election candidates signs contract to keep property taxes low
Local elections just ended and the some of the successful candidates are already putting their future salaries on the line. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has announced recently the 86 candidates from British Columbia who signed CTF’s Contract with Taxpayers. This document has a 10-point agreement, which includes keeping property taxes level or below provincial rate of inflation, encouraging democracy, transparency and accountability of cash flows and prioritising infrastructure and public safety projects.
Candidates who signed contract has promised to introduce a Taxpayer Protection Bylaw in their community if they were elected, with a provision to slash off 15% of city mayors and councilmen salaries if property tax is increased beyond inflation and without due taxpayers’ approval.
Note that this post is not a endorsement of any kind, merely a list of candidate who promised to bring in the Taxpayer Protection Bylaw once elected and help keep property taxes low. We already have heard a lot of election promises before. With this contract, we shall see if the candidates can live up to what they have actually signed-up for.
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Contract with Taxpayers 2011 Signees
Listed by community, in alphabetical order:
Abbotsford: Mayoralty candidates Meghann Coughlan and Travis J. Daleman; Council candidates Kevin Chapman, Vince Dimanno
Burnaby: Mayoralty candidate Tom Tao (TEAM Burnaby); Council candidates Jeffrey Chiu (TEAM Burnaby), Jim Favaro (TEAM Burnaby), June Jeffries (TEAM Burnaby), Lee Rankin (TEAM Burnaby)
Central Saanich: Mayoralty candidate Christopher Graham, Council candidate James McNulty
Colwood: Mayoralty candidate Brian Tucknott; Council candidates Teresa Harvey, Duane MacNeill, Rick McKay, Ernest Robertson
Coquitlam: Council candidate Andy Shen
Courtenay: Council candidate John Van Egmond
Creston: Council candidate Ingrid Voigt
Duncan: Council candidate Cassandra Barfield
Fort St. John: Mayoralty candidate Don Irwin
Hope: Council candidates Cindy Koszegi, Walter Rawlinson
Kelowna: Mayoralty candidate Cal Condy; Council candidates Tasha Batt, Doug Cass, Elizabeth Fehr, Mark Thompson
Langley City: Council candidate Darrell Krell
Langley Township: Mayoralty candidate Mel Kositsky; Council candidates Bert Chen, Steve Ferguson, Charlie Fox, Rick Manuel, Sonya Paterson, Carey Poitras, Kim Richter, Dan Sheel, Misty van Popta
Maple Ridge: Council candidates Wendy Cook, Graham Mowatt, Graeme Ross, Grover Telford, Randy Wagner
Mission: Council candidates Roman Bojczuk, Bobby Brar, Lee Hanlon, Arnold Muir
Nanaimo: Council candidate Brunie Brunie
New Westminster: Council candidates John Ashdown (VOICE), Gavin Palmer (VOICE)
Port Coquitlam: Mayoralty candidate William Issa
Port Moody: Council candidates Tom Bell, Shane Kennedy
Prince George: Mayoralty candidate Bruce Fader; Council candidate Brad Gagnon
Revelstoke: Council candidate Linda Nixon
Richmond: Council candidates Peter Mitchell, Cliff Lifeng Wei, Michael Wolfe (RITE), Jun L. Wuyan
Saanich: Council candidate Ingrid Ip
Sooke: Council candidates Herb Haldane, Shaunna Salsman
Squamish: Council candidate Douglas Neville
Surrey: Mayoralty candidates Vikram J.S. Bajwa, Ross Buchanan; Council candidate Paul Griffin
Thompson Nicola Regional District: Director candidate Sally Watson
Vancouver: Council candidates George Affleck (NPA), Sean Bickerton (NPA), Ken Charko (NPA), Cord “Ted” Copeland, Rick Orser, Bill Yuen (NPA)
Vernon: Council candidates Scott Anderson, Bob Spiers
View Royal: Council candidate Ron Mattson
West Kelowna: Council candidate Gordon Ficke
West Vancouver District: Council candidate Gregg Henderson
Whistler: Council candidate Steve Anderson
White Rock: Mayoralty candidate Larry Anschell; Council candidates Brad Forster, Bruce McWilliam
Williams Lake: Mayoralty candidate Walt Cobb, Council candidate Steve Forseth
Candidates who signed contract has promised to introduce a Taxpayer Protection Bylaw in their community if they were elected, with a provision to slash off 15% of city mayors and councilmen salaries if property tax is increased beyond inflation and without due taxpayers’ approval.
Note that this post is not a endorsement of any kind, merely a list of candidate who promised to bring in the Taxpayer Protection Bylaw once elected and help keep property taxes low. We already have heard a lot of election promises before. With this contract, we shall see if the candidates can live up to what they have actually signed-up for.
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Contract with Taxpayers 2011 Signees
Listed by community, in alphabetical order:
Abbotsford: Mayoralty candidates Meghann Coughlan and Travis J. Daleman; Council candidates Kevin Chapman, Vince Dimanno
Burnaby: Mayoralty candidate Tom Tao (TEAM Burnaby); Council candidates Jeffrey Chiu (TEAM Burnaby), Jim Favaro (TEAM Burnaby), June Jeffries (TEAM Burnaby), Lee Rankin (TEAM Burnaby)
Central Saanich: Mayoralty candidate Christopher Graham, Council candidate James McNulty
Colwood: Mayoralty candidate Brian Tucknott; Council candidates Teresa Harvey, Duane MacNeill, Rick McKay, Ernest Robertson
Coquitlam: Council candidate Andy Shen
Courtenay: Council candidate John Van Egmond
Creston: Council candidate Ingrid Voigt
Duncan: Council candidate Cassandra Barfield
Fort St. John: Mayoralty candidate Don Irwin
Hope: Council candidates Cindy Koszegi, Walter Rawlinson
Kelowna: Mayoralty candidate Cal Condy; Council candidates Tasha Batt, Doug Cass, Elizabeth Fehr, Mark Thompson
Langley City: Council candidate Darrell Krell
Langley Township: Mayoralty candidate Mel Kositsky; Council candidates Bert Chen, Steve Ferguson, Charlie Fox, Rick Manuel, Sonya Paterson, Carey Poitras, Kim Richter, Dan Sheel, Misty van Popta
Maple Ridge: Council candidates Wendy Cook, Graham Mowatt, Graeme Ross, Grover Telford, Randy Wagner
Mission: Council candidates Roman Bojczuk, Bobby Brar, Lee Hanlon, Arnold Muir
Nanaimo: Council candidate Brunie Brunie
New Westminster: Council candidates John Ashdown (VOICE), Gavin Palmer (VOICE)
Port Coquitlam: Mayoralty candidate William Issa
Port Moody: Council candidates Tom Bell, Shane Kennedy
Prince George: Mayoralty candidate Bruce Fader; Council candidate Brad Gagnon
Revelstoke: Council candidate Linda Nixon
Richmond: Council candidates Peter Mitchell, Cliff Lifeng Wei, Michael Wolfe (RITE), Jun L. Wuyan
Saanich: Council candidate Ingrid Ip
Sooke: Council candidates Herb Haldane, Shaunna Salsman
Squamish: Council candidate Douglas Neville
Surrey: Mayoralty candidates Vikram J.S. Bajwa, Ross Buchanan; Council candidate Paul Griffin
Thompson Nicola Regional District: Director candidate Sally Watson
Vancouver: Council candidates George Affleck (NPA), Sean Bickerton (NPA), Ken Charko (NPA), Cord “Ted” Copeland, Rick Orser, Bill Yuen (NPA)
Vernon: Council candidates Scott Anderson, Bob Spiers
View Royal: Council candidate Ron Mattson
West Kelowna: Council candidate Gordon Ficke
West Vancouver District: Council candidate Gregg Henderson
Whistler: Council candidate Steve Anderson
White Rock: Mayoralty candidate Larry Anschell; Council candidates Brad Forster, Bruce McWilliam
Williams Lake: Mayoralty candidate Walt Cobb, Council candidate Steve Forseth