Say NO! (Part 2 OF 3)
TransLink has nothing to do with the watchdog, I suppose.
You're right, but a failure of this magnitude would never be tolerated in the private sector, so why is it tolerated in government?
So, Kato, you're saying, years-late fare-gate program is a big blunder, aren't you?
Yes, I am. With those blunders in mind, the decision-makers at the top of TransLink are also losing credibility, I suppose.
The TransLink CEO is getting $70,000 a month as salary. That means $840,000 per year, doesn't it?
That's right. TransLink is pretty good at one thing: rasing taxes. Gas taxes, tolls, property taxes---TransLink has increased all of them several times after they were introduced. This salestax hike, which will be here forever, will be no exception. And you know what?
Tell me, Kato.
There's the $7 million in taxpayer dollars the mayors have spent to try and buy your vote in this campaign.
No kidding!
So, Diane, it's about time for you to say NO in this plebiscite.
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■"Actual Site"
Tell the Mayors' Council "No!"
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I'll think it over.
You don't have to think it over. You see... those decision-makers at the top are like the mobs who grab our tax money.
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I feel as if I were Clint Eastwood in the above movie, and wanna tell them, "You wanna raise sales tax? Make my day!"
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【Himiko's Monologue】
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Have you ever been to Vancouver?
It is a beautiful city---one of the best cities in the world.
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Beautiful Vancouver
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Kato says that Vancouver is a paradise.
As you know, however, nothing is perfect, nobody is perfect.
So no city is perfect.
However, no matter what result comes out from the plebiscite, I wish, Vancouver remains to be a beautiful city.
In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
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(To be followed)