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The Price of a Fair Tax Solution

Posted April 27, 2019 Glen Kirby

What is the price for taxation fairness in Oakland-Wawanesa? It’s $139,872. That’s how much Oakland taxes will subsidize Wawanesa in 2019, unless this council ends a taxation imbalance that started with the 2015 amalgamation. Chart 1a shows Oakland paying 86% of At Large taxes compared to Wawanesa, despite rural residents making up only 65% of […]

Delay Budget Until Councillors Replaced

Posted April 17, 2019April 23, 2019 Glen Kirby

During the April 15 public meeting in Nesbitt, I formally asked council to delay passage of the 2019 budget until new councillors are elected to replace Dennis Rome and Barry Fowell, who resigned in March. The unexpected departures give Wawanesa council members a 3-2 voting edge over the remaining rural councillors and seriously undercut Oakland’s […]