“TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”!
Kevin Ashe use of the Ford government granted “Strong Mayors Powers”, even when he said during his election campaign that he would not use, is looking more and more like a burgeoning dictator. The remaining Councillors, Maurice Brenner, David Pickles, Shaheen Butt, Lisa Robinson, Linda Cook and Mara Nagy remain silent and show no opposition to having Ashe’s budget dictated to them. With the cancelling of the scheduled Council meeting because of the silence of the afore mentioned Councillors the voice of Pickering residents has been repressed and essentially silenced. These archaic, dictatorial, monocratic actions taken by Mayor Kevin Ashe and his Council members have effectively created a budget that imposes what was and is referred to as “TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”!
Mike Borie
Concerned Pickering resident
Concerned Pickering resident
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Read the related article at “Pickering taxpayers to see 5.42% increase”
