Property Taxes Out Of Control

Property Taxes Out Of Control By Joe Ingino BA. Psychology Editor/Publisher Central Newspapers ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States This is why I did not win the Mayoral election in 2022. I did not win because people do not like the truth. They do not like politicians with common sense. By the results one would think that voters are masochist’s. How else do you explain in Oshawa the return of all of council with the exception of one? Were the voters happy with the never ending deterioration of the core. Were they happy with all the homeless, the open drug use... and last but not least. The huge tax increases? A masochist is a person who derives pleasure from pain, suffering, or humiliation. This can include sexual gratification (sexual masochism) or a more general enjoyment of difficult or painful experiences, which can be a personality trait or a psychological condition. I know that If I had been elected. We would have solved in a humane way the problem of the homeless, mental health and open drug use on our streets. I would have made sure that due to the economy. Taxes were kept at zero increase. You may be wondering... How? Simple. I am a local business man. I know the value of every dollar. I know how it feels to ride the razors edge when cash flow is tight. I hear every day as people call me for helps as they are either being forced out by a landlord or forclose by banks. During my Mayorship. I would have made sure that wasteful expenses... Like the Broadbent park (30 million), the Rotary Pool (20 million) and the truly waste of money park (Veterans park) smack downtown to the tune of (20 million). Would never happen. Not to mention the 70 million sunk into the “GM CENTRE”. A facility that has yet to turn a penny profit for the taxpayers as we own it. There alone we have close to 140 million. This is what we know. Imagine all the millions that are being wasted and the taxpayers have no idea. I would estimate that the total cold be as high as 500 million waste. This is what happens when you keep voting candidates from the same public toilet.  Quality of life keeps going down while they fill their pockets with your money. Simple look at the tax roll. One would think with all the new housing... that the tax roll would increase significantly. More revenue for infrastructure and administration. NO, it appears that the incompetents voted in, instead cry that due to the increase in numbers there are more cost associated with services. ‘BULL’. I say that is pure mismanagement. The key to keeping taxes at zero is eliminate unnecessary expenses as those above. Enter into more partnerships with industry and trade to offset infrastructure costs. Implemented programs that has peak tax rates for all new homes and grandfathered type of programs for homes over 40 years. Or paid off properties by owner. Anyone with more than 2 property pay a premium. Cutting cost on staff, salaries and things like security at an estimate of 1 million. We that tax payers need to take our city bak. 2026 is around the corner. Learn from your mistakes.