Robbery

Dear sir:
People of Fort Frances, we have to stand up!
First of all, “bag tags.” This is ridiculous. The founders of this new system are too embarrassed to admit they screwed up.
It’s not too late to just add the few dollars to everyone’s monthly bill, so our garbage can be left alone from the money grab tree. When you think about where our tax dollars go, that makes “cents”—the only real positive thing was the garbage pickup!
Now they want us to pay for it on top of water, sewer, etc. It’s robbery.
And now, they have consultants comparing Dryden’s housing prices to ours so they can raise our property taxes.
Mayor Dan Onichuk can’t figure out how Dryden’s houses are higher priced than ours here. Who cares! If they want to compare house prices and property value for taxable persons, why not Emo or Rainy River? Simple. Our taxes would go down, not up!
Another sore spot heard a lot is the amount of police in town. I wonder what that costs us (in wages, fuel, cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, SUVs, snowmobiles, equipment, maintenance, and training). There is no reason for that amount for this small community.
If you don’t need them, they are there, ready to give out tickets. But if you do need them, be prepared to wait.
Ever since the new mayor was elected, and we now see the damage he and council (not all) are capable of, I wonder if Mr. Onichuk’s living in big communities for so long has him thinking big and not realistic.
By the way, our mayor lives north of the Williams Avenue tracks. I wonder what his taxes are?
In closing, we should, as a community, have the right to vote as a whole on all major issues, and decisions, not just by a handful of councillors and a mayor alone.
Can you afford it? There is a public meeting May 18 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Let’s get together and speak up.
Signed,
Rob Carlson
A taxpayer