23/12/2024
Niagara Falls City Staff Pulled A Fast One
Niagara Falls The Residents Of Niagara Falls approved another tax increase. The City of Niagara Falls took the idea of one lone counsellor to create a survey and controlled the outcome of a survey with loaded questions. The counsellor that suggested the survey, voted against the final draft, because it wasn't what she proposed.
Niagara Falls, isn't the only municipality conducting these so called surveys, conducted for the purpose of making the tax payer feel good about paying higher taxes at a time that they are struggling to pay their bills, mortgage, rent, and food, as well as a few Christmas Gifts for under the tree.
A survey should be conducted in good faith to gage what the public wants, so when questions are posed in a way that forces the participant to choose between the lesser of two evils, the conclusion is that your city doesn't give a # # # # what the public wants. Your taxes will always go up, so long as council refuses to look for efficiencies.
The politicians forget is that they work for the public, that's why they are often referred to as public servants. It doesn't matter how many pictures they take for their social media, what matters is how they vote on matters that are important to you, and nothing is more important than the budget.
The one way to send a message is to vote out every counsellor that goes along with city staff to raise your taxes, with little to no pushback because "they just want to get a long." STOP VOTING IN PEOPLE that have become ribbon cutting politicians that have lost their focus on why they were elected.
Hiring more city staff isn't the solution, it's easier than trimming the fat and firing people who can't do an efficient job. These are business decisions that counsellors have been elected to do. Those that aren't capable of making sound business decision, shouldn't be running in a municipal election.