Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [unknown]
issued: 2022-11-29
issued: 1989-03-23
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0421970/source.json
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note: •ri^-^^iitlt&mmm) \ COUNCILORS WORRIED Tax revolt brewing are By IAN CAMERON MURRAYVILLE - Taxes going up. Again. So what else is new? But local politicians here are worried ... plenty. And they hate getting those late and abusive phone calls at home. "It's not our fault," they say.. But then, whose fault is it? Well, last week the local board of school trustees reported -- perhaps rather cavalier-like -- that property taxes this year are expected to go up by more than 34 percent. A direct cause of the 1989 schools budget of $81- million. (An increase over last year of $22-million). "We are not to blame," says Aid. Aubrey Searle. "We have been very scrupulous in keeping our budget expenses down and our tax indrease (for general purposes) at about seven percent." Aid. John Scholtens is equally upset. "I hate getting those phone calls," he says. "Now, (municipal government) responsible for only 35 percent of total property taxation." Scholtens suggests local governments petition the senior government in Victoria to let them off the hook by letting school boards issue the tax notices in future, and then "we will ride on them." Traditionally, municipalites have been the taxing authority, including school taxes based on local education budgets. Now, the schools are consuming 65 percent of every tax dollar collected. It is getting to the point where pensioners and other people on fixed income cannot any longer afford to live in their homes, say Searle and Aid. Steve Ferguson. "We have just had a (recreational) money referendum go down to defeat," says Ferguson. "There is a clear message there, somewhere." Councilors are bracing themselves for more nasty telephone calls after property owners soon receive their 1989 tax notices. In dollars and cents, the tax increases could translate into $400 or $500 on an average house. VOL. 31 No. 12 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989 30 CENTS we are Established 1957 3089 - 272 Street, Aldergrove, B.C. Call 856-8303 or 856-5212 BOARD FIRES A FEW S…
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: 10.14288/1.0421970
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text