{"id":122776,"date":"2022-10-05T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T17:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=122776"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:10:54","slug":"would-you-like-to-see-your-tax-dollars-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/would-you-like-to-see-your-tax-dollars-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you like to see your tax dollars saved? | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Lucille Frith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal election and public participation \u2013 thanks to those who came to the Algonquin Theatre two nights to hear our local candidates explain why voting for them will make a difference in our town of Huntsville. Democracy in action. Each person recognizes the basic issue \u2013 their employers (we the taxpayers) want to keep our operating cost (taxes) down while continuing to enjoy a reasonable standard of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard list of priority issues is basically the same for all: housing, healthcare, the environment, services, and infrastructure. All these come from taxpayer funds. We, taxpayers, are experiencing higher costs for most everything so therefore our municipal government must be as well. That means more must come from the taxpayer to cover the increased costs \u2013 not to mention the upcoming new hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was prepared to ask a question on Wednesday but public questions were limited and there were no questions allowed from the public on Thursday evening. So now I would like to ask my question, not only of the local candidates but also the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TO ALL CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION IN HUNTSVILLE and throughout Muskoka:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike what happened in 2018 to the City of Toronto, the Province wants a \u201cMade in Muskoka\u201d restructuring solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The District of Muskoka commissioned <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/10\/Rice-Report-2000-A-d-Hoc-Muskoka-Restructuring-Committee.pdf\">the Rice Report in 2000<\/a><\/span> which concluded a single-tier government could produce savings of $4.5 &#8211; $5.25 million dollars of per year (remember this was a year 2000 valuation). Restructuring would produce more efficient governance (i.e., less duplication) and equality of representation (i.e., the number of representatives from towns vs townships).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/10\/Chair-Adams-Restructuring-Resolution-July-2000.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July 24, 2000 the District Municipality of Muskoka passed the following resolution<\/span><\/a>: THAT Muskoka District Council accepts the restructuring plan for a single-tier governance in the District of Muskoka as detailed in Schedule \u201cA\u201d to the resolution of the Ad Hoc Muskoka Restructuring Committee dated July 20, 2000.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A likely reason neither the Rice report nor this resolution never gained traction I would guess, is that our employees (mayors and councillors) don\u2019t want to participate in their own downsizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUESTION: Would each candidate be prepared to support moving toward restructuring the District and Municipal Councils in time for the 2026 election?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask this question of your candidate before voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All candidates and the public are welcome to reply to <a href=\"mailto:lakeofbays.lucille@gmail.com\">lakeofbays.lucille@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More to follow on Restructuring the District and Municipal Councils.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lucille Frith Municipal election and public participation \u2013 thanks to those who came to the Algonquin Theatre two nights to hear our local candidates explain why voting for them [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":119257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2437],"tags":[2904,2903],"class_list":["post-122776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters","tag-alternative-home-heating-and-cooling","tag-heat-pumps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Would you like to see your tax dollars saved? 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