According to Councillor Gord Perks (Ward 4) homeowners are dragging their tails when it comes to property taxes. You have to pay more, says Perks. He says he will push for an increase of the rate to an unspecified level. The City will then use the money to do all sorts of stuff. TTC, recreation and childcare. No mention in here of hiring a “Night Mayor” to make our midnight jaunts just super. Perhaps Mr. Perks is opposed to that looming boondoggle. But that’s it of course. No one really knows how tax money will be spent until it gets funneled into the pig trough. Mayor Tory steered the City to a 2.1 percent tax (inflation rate) in 2018. You will pay the first installment this month. Rob Ford froze property taxes and the highest increase in recent years (four percent) came when David Miller was mayor. Perks has a particularly chilling way of talking about this. “Right now, if you own a lot of real estate, the City of Toronto is a gold mine for you,” Perks told CBC Toronto. How’s your gold mine doing? Need a new roof? Call the Night Mayor.
