Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1974-01-23
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note: i THE ICON OC L. AST HO of 10 CENTS K VOL.17 N0.3 20 PAGES THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1974 "BAD TIMING" QUASHES MOTION o 3 m. *•■ ■■w % Blair calls for immediate audit Langley district ... approximately 100 square miles of beautiful semi-rural living in the "banana belt" of British Columbia, A wonderful place to live... Don't expect any groat changes Township fathers in Langley district approved tha as yet secret provisional budget at a meeting Monday morning. However, the budget can still see major changes before final approval in two or three months time. "We are not tied down until April," finance committee chairman Aid. Art Brooks pointed out. The mill rate, from whichthe 1974 taxes are calculated, will also be set at a future .date. However, ratepayers shouldn't look too optimistically toward a lowering of this figure although the possibility of a reduction was hinted at during several council meetings in 1973. "We're not reducing the mill rate hardly at all," Aid. BiU Blair said at this week's meeting. 70 mills was the figure hinted at this time. A few short months agothere was talk about the millrate dropping from 71.14 in 1973 to perhaps 40 or even 30 in 1974, because of the changes in as-> sessments brought about by tine legislation of BiU 7L by Rudy Langmann although perhaps not always too just. But then, where do you find justice and total e- quality in this our brave new world? Land taxes. Oh, yes. Nobody is attacking the Langley land assessor or his department, but it seems that inequality is one of the main features of any land assessment department and the Langley one is no different. This is the way it seems and to date nothing has been said to Convince probers into the complicated world of tax assessments that this be not the case. A recent survey done by a private citizen and an answer to this done on the request of a local alderman seem to indicate a wide discrepancy in the manner in which property taxes are arrived at. It shows that if you …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420320
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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