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Niagara Falls
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Letter: NOTL needs to curb wasteful spending
Opinion. FILE

Dear editor:

It is mind-blowing that there may be a nine to 13 per cent increase in our taxes.
Any businessperson should be aware that you do not spend more than you earn. If you do, you go to your bank, get a loan and pay it off at the end of what you hope will be a better year.
If not and this situation continues year after year, you either sell your business and a new owner takes over who knows how to budget and make the business viable, or you have a professional review your income versus your expenses.
I believe our town does not know how to budget, does not know how to look at where wasteful spending is taking place and does not seem to hire based on merit. And every year, it gets worse.
I believe, like our federal government, much of the staff does not know what it means to put on a long, hard-working day in order to accomplish the type of work that their predecessors were able to do 20 years ago.
Yes, yes, I know times are different, but that is only because we have allowed it to be so.
I’m sure many of us could give the town a big list of questions to answer, but unfortunately, the town would not be willing to divulge many of these answers.
And why is our town spending numbers so much higher as compared to other towns when considering taxes versus spending?
If you run with a crowd who buys $400 shoes and you cannot afford it, you buy the $100 shoes and manage your affairs so that possibly, one day, you can afford to splurge.
How can we as taxpayers in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake help this dismal situation?
Susan Pohorly
NOTL

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