Speculators flip properties

I shop at Save On, T-bones, Paynter’s, Bylands and Home Hardware, to name just a few places. I buy wine at Quail’s Gate and Little Straw and Volcanic Hills because I can walk to those places.

I hike Knox Mountain and my neighbourhood Kalamoir park. I cross-country ski the wonderful Nordic and Telemark Club trails. Last spring and summer, I cleaned up after the flood and watched the hills like a hawk for fires.

I belong to my community association and pay my dues. I know most of my neighbours and they all absolutely rock whether they are from BC or Alberta. I encourage my neighbours to pick fruit from my trees when I can’t be there at the peak.

I watch the lake and count the stars and contemplate retirement when I can come to this wonderful place to stay. I pay my taxes, I cannot pay 4 times my taxes every year. Think about what you are asking, every year.

I am not a speculator, I am an Albertan, I am a Canadian and I am your neighbour.

Barb Ferguson