What I Will Do
- Roll back Mayor's pay by 20% from 2019 level.
Between 2003 and 2019, Mayor's pay increased by 83%, 51% higher than inflation, that means 27.9% of Mayor’s pay goes above inflation.
- Cut municipal residential property tax 15% by 2023, 23.5% by 2025 from 2019 level;
Cut municipal non-residential property tax 20% by 2023, 26% by 2025 from 2019 level.Between 2003 and 2019, municipal per capita residential property tax increased 129%, 97% higher than inflation; municipal per business property tax increased 103%, 71% higher than inflation.
By 2023, 15% cut of municipal per capita residential property tax means $128 million, 20% cut of municipal per business property tax means $194 million, a total of $322 million.
By 2025, 23.5% cut of municipal per capita residential property tax means $201 million, 26% cut of municipal per business property tax means $253 million, a total of $454 million.
- Secure frontline service, freeze hiring, cut pay and expense, shed off overstaffing.
Between 2003 and 2019, City's staffing increased 47%, 8% higher than population growth; average salary increased 64%, 32% higher than inflation, that is 23.9% or $473 million of the salary goes above inflation.
Between 2003 and 2019, City's per capita expenses increased 52%, 20% higher than inflation, that is 13.2% or $517 million above inflation. 91.5% of those goes to the above inflation salary.
By 2023, the municipal property tax cut will be $322 million, that is 62.2% of the over inflation expenses in 2019.
By 2025, the municipal property tax cut will be $454 million, that is 87.8% of the over inflation expenses in 2019.
- Halt the Green Line, Arena and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation's expanding and renovation projects.
- Green Line
(1) No one needs to claim Pro-LRT because no one can be Anti-LRT
(2) Green Line 1st stage false allegations
i) 65k Ridership? 15k
ii) 30k tons of GGE saved? Not from other than buses
iii) $5.5b cost? $7.65b
iv) Total cost? $13b
v) Connect to airport? Never
vi) 20,000 jobs? 70% to Europe for tunnel
- Arena
(1) There's no room for any fair deal of the Arena. The regressive nature of Property Tax deemed a bail out by the City contrary to the principle of fairness of our system.
(2) Should the law leave room, I will abolish this Arena Deal and the likes
- Lower crime rate, restore Police Pride. Hold up 10% CPS budget and bind it with crime rate reversely, push for community policing.
Did we underfund our police?
2019 vs. 2003
Inflation 32%
Per Capita policing cost ↗ 87%
The Result:
Police Fund ↗↔Crime Rate ↗
Complaint against Police ↗
Police brutality lawsuits ↗
Police pride ↘
Here is my plan→ Video
- Initiate a "seniors property tax credit" of $20,000 property value from 2022.
- Take full liability to fix the Crescent Height lead pipe within a year.
- Initiate a 12-community-based binding plebiscite for destiny of the 14th street BRT.
- Drop transit pass/transit parking fee by 20%.
- Timely snow shoveling, weekly garbage collecting.
- Reverse BTC, fully unload tax burden from the downtown core, bring local small businesses and jobs back.
- Add washrooms to LRT stations.
- Halt tax sale for 2022 and 2023, work with families to survive this crisis.
- Bring 3,000 homeless citizens back home.
- Personal Rules
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Rule No.1, Be honest
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Rule No.2, No political affiliations
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Rule No.3, 10% annual salary self-punishment upon positions if defeated by plebiscite
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Rule No.4, Follow moral standards: be honest, keep promises, take responsibility for actions, be tolerant of differences, stay humble, no ego
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2003 to 2019, Canada inflation 32%, Calgary population increase 39%
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Per capita municipal property tax increase 129% $289.3 ↗ $663.9
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City FT employee average salary increase 64% $53,236 ↗ $87,314
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Calgary city councils are seeking
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Please add Green Line, Arena, Downtown Renovation to municipal ballot, please you Good Listeners - Lying Blamers - Spending Keynesians
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It's 29% not 40%
Public education must be:
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free and accessible;
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delivered by certificated, highly skilled and knowledgeable teaching professionals;
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appropriately funded; and
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a responsibility shared by all Albertans.
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We did not overshare
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Between 2011 - 2019, inflation was 11.8%, City's average salary increased 15.7%, our teachers' was 2%
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Means our city employees got 3.9% better off than 2011, our teachers 9.8% worse off.
Truth:
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2010-2019
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Canada inflation: 16.8%
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Calgary municipal Residential Property Tax increased 50.9% per capita
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Non-residential Property Tax increased 32.4% per business
2019 vs. 2003:
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Inflation: 32% - City of Calgary average salary increased 64%
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Population growth: 39% - City of Calgary staffing increased 47%.
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The City is a leading part of the cause of inflation.
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May 31 - CITY OF CALGARY 2021 TAX SALE
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Should we recognize the impact COVID-19 has on citizens and the over property taxation. At this time of the Global Pandemic
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MUST BE SUSPENDED!
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If you've waited the Green Line for decades, I understand you were fine without it
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You didn't need to wait
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We have 60 communities along the LRT for you to move to
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And Downtown Conversion Project is also expecting you.
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"If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary"
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There is no if yet.
