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polly7

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Oligarchy is taking over our beautiful country riverbendviewgal Jul 2014 #1

You said it riverbendviewgal. nt. polly7 Jul 2014 #2

How much do you want to bet, Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2014 #3

riverbendviewgal

(4,320 posts)

1. Oligarchy is taking over our beautiful country

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 12:30 PM

Jul 2014

to destroy it. and this is for $30 K ...... how little this town thinks it is worth.

polly7

(20,582 posts)

2. You said it riverbendviewgal. nt.

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Mon Jul 14, 2014, 12:36 PM

Jul 2014

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

3. How much do you want to bet,

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Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:42 PM

Jul 2014

that the decision was framed as such: "We need a new Emergency vehicle, but we'll have to raise property taxes to buy it...."

Many towns and small cities for the last 20 years have been facing the loss of industry and a shrinking tax base, and less and less money from the provincial and federal governments as fiscal austerity trumps everything.