_A6- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Never ending tax hikes
hurting ordinary people

An open letter to:

Roger Harris,
MLA, Skeena

Dear Sir:

I was brought up in the
fashion that when times
are tight, I could escape
the cash outflow by being
less frivolous. In time my
funds would . regenerate
and I would be able to
loosen up, purchase -de-
sired items and invest.

IE was able to do this be-
cause commodities were
relatively low and services
which I paid taxes for were
free.

Before election day the
thought of having provin-
cial income tax dropping
significantly was appeal-
ing. After all, Gordon
Campbell did promise that
we would have more mon-:
ey in our pockets to spend
in the economy.

Little did I know then
that the B.C.. Liberals
would just download these
taxes into user fees, tolls
and high utility prices. J
think we all know now that
this was a big scam and
we're all worse off.

Where does this all
end, Roger? How much of
our total income are you
after? What's next? Every-
where I turn, my wallet is
being bled out.

It’s winter here eight

months of the year and I
have no choice but to heat
my home. Now that hydro
is’ going to go up through
privatization, there. is- no
point to switch over from

natural gas. Wood heat?

Then I have to face the in-
surance company. =~ =~

I thought that I was al-
ready paying for highways

at the pump. (7 know what —

was said, but once the -toll
booths are here, they will
grow like a disease)

There is no escape, no
chance to save and -I

would gladly buy back my -

, 25,, per Gent. .dincome., hx
rather. than’ face “your” fi
ty’s current alternative.

Levying,
downloading tax to
userftoll/utility fees indi-
cates a lack of depth and
innovation. Do we live in
the land of the free?

If we do get the 2010

Get cats
spayed

Dear Sir:

I would like to give a
bouquet of roses to the
Bulkley Valley Vet Clinic
for taking in four very new
kittens that [ found in a
dumpster at the Boulder
Creek Rest Stop 15
minutes east of Terrace.

Thumbs down to the
cold hearted person who
left them there to die.

Be a responsible pet
owner and get your cat
spayed.

Steve Christie,
Prince George, B.C,

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Winter Olympics, are lo-
cal blackout and restric-
tions going to apply and
will B.C. viewers miss the
games? I will not be able
to see them because there
will be nothing left in my
account from paying tax.
Nor will I be able to pay
big time pay per view.

I just wanted to figure

out how wholeheartedly I
wanted to support an ini-
tiative that is very good-for
Gordon Campbell's consti-
tuents.

Oh yeah, I heard MLAs
can get free seats into the
games. Good on you Rog-
er.

Pat Smith,
Terrace, B,C,

Good and bad
about Alcan

I’m glad to see Alcan is putting some capital
forward in response to the community's concerns
about the northwest economy.

However the money would probably be better
invested by determining a way to keep Alcan Ca-
hadian anc maintain its role in the regulatory func-
tions of power. There is no need to privatize. Keep
it as is. That is were the money should be spent.

And it was very encouraging to hear Mike Scolt
speck out~ against: the: privatization of power in
British Columbia. The community of Kitimat has
done a fabulous in fighting the rumours, innuendo
and proposals for Alcan ptivatization.

Shelley Anderson,
Terrace, B.C,

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