{"id":1449,"date":"2009-09-11T06:55:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2009-09-11T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T13:55:48","slug":"mike-de-jongs-gas-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1449","title":{"rendered":"Mike de Jong’s Gas Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike de Jong is right when he speaks of Abbotsford being in a “unique position.” <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately the “unique position” Abbotsford is in is that City Council has clearly demonstrated it is incapable of acting in a financially responsible manner, proper budgeting or planning for the City’s future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All good reasons not to give them a new avenue to plunder citizens wallets or a new source to raise even more funds they can fritter away wastefully.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If City Council wants more money let it go about it the proper way – through a proper, honest and accurate budget process as they should have been doing all along.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Until such time as Abbotsford’s City Council demonstrates financial responsibility and proper budgeting the provincial government should be protecting the citizens of Abbotsford from Council’s spendthrift ways NOT encouraging Abbotsford Council to seek additional ways to fund their reckless squandering of taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike de Jong is right when he speaks of Abbotsford being in a “unique position.” Unfortunately the “unique position” Abbotsford is in is that City Council has clearly demonstrated it is incapable of acting in a financially responsible manner, proper budgeting or planning for the City’s future. All good reasons not to give them a new avenue to plunder citizens wallets or a new source to raise even more funds they can fritter away wastefully. If City Council wants more money let it go about it the proper way – through a proper, honest and accurate budget process as they should have been doing all along. Until such time as Abbotsford’s City Council demonstrates financial responsibility and proper budgeting the provincial government should be protecting the citizens of Abbotsford from Council’s spendthrift ways NOT encouraging Abbotsford Council to seek additional ways to fund their reckless squandering of taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-municipal","category-provincial"],"yoast_head":"\nMike de Jong's Gas Tax - James W. 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