Another empty Abbotsford city council promise.

City council assured us that fees at Abbotsford Recreation Centre would not take a large jump to cover the additional operating costs of the Plan A addition at ARC.

I now find myself paying a 13.1% fee increase to use ARC. To council, habituated to just reaching into taxpayers pockets for more, a 13.1% increase may not seem like a large jump in fees, but to me, coming as it does out of my pocket, it is a large jump.

I am not really surprised by the double digit price increases given council’s record of promises made and broken, along with their misleading or incorrect statements on City financial matters. Particularly in light of what was revealed about council promises made and not kept with respect to the crematorium issue.

I have no doubt that the City will have an excuse for the 13.1% raise; excusing making being the one thing the City and council excel at.

Actually, I am not really interested in whatever excuse they come up with for this double digit increase. The real excuse I am interested is the one they will come up with as the cost overrun on Plan A closes in on 50% ($42.5 million).

It’s bound to be a whopper.