Editor:
I very much appreciated the recent letters to the editor from Don Doyle and Bill Davis in regard to the 4% to 6% property tax increase proposals put forward by New Westminster city council for 2022.
Property taxes are already far too high, and city councillors should be laser focused only on the necessities, such as emergency services, parks and rec, roads and utilities. The Anvil Centre was and still is a bad idea, and should be sold.
I do not advocate laying off city staff wholesale, but there is a very good argument to be made for an independent review of all city council, managerial and staff salaries.
There are many seniors living in New Westminster on fixed pensions, of which I am one. Most of us cannot afford the proposed tax increases put forward by city council for 2022. It is high time that city council gave the taxpayers a break!
Gary Tupper, New Westminster
