Top 10 election takeaways
'Build, baby, build'
Questions swirl for NDP
Voter turnout hit 68%
Falling short in Ontario
A short-lived government?
Trump marks 100 days
Billions for deportations
A new fighter jet mission
Industry strikes hopeful tone
Trump to help automakers
Estimating the impact 
Could Rose be reinstated?
Vees playoff series schedule
Vees heading to finals
Housewives reboot unlikely
Ramsay struggles fame
Alba 'wants to feel loved'
I am not against property taxes but I am against property taxes that have not been properly justified.
After last year’s significant tax increase, city councillors, Saria, Karpuk, Hall, Bass, Bepple, Middleton, Neustaeter and O’Rielly should have called for a complete review of city’s expenses. But, there was not a not a peek from the spend-and-tax Kamloops city council.
So, there’s another 9% increase in property taxes for 2025, on top of long-term borrowing debt of $275 million. It has been quite a year of huge spending during these uncertain times.
It looks like the city administration has a giant rubber stamp for our elected representatives to use for giving the go-ahead to spend and spend.
Let’s hope (councillors) call for justification of all spending for the 2026 city budget.
I am not holding my breath for that.
Garry Davies, Kamloops
