Dear Editor,
Re:“City spending review a must,” Letters, Feb. 11.
I congratulate councillors Carol Day, Ken Johnson and Chak Au for taking a stand on the budget. As a taxpayer in Richmond for more than 30 years, I have witnessed the property tax coffers swell as single-family dwellings have been replaced by condo developments.Yet, somehow, it always ends up in higher taxes for me.
The fact that highly-paid city staff cannot keep a lid on spending is a poor reflection of their performance.
If you want some ideas for saving money, how about re-evaluating the cost/benefit of keeping the Oval open, the elitist playground subsidized by the rest of us, who will never use the facility. Or spending less money on street works like the “Scramble” in Steveston.
David Crook
Richmond
