After navigating through bog-like snow on my street in Lacombe I started to wonder why I pay the highest property tax in the region.
While snow removal and road maintenance in this city were second to none for as long as I can remember, I now believe they are second to everyone else. I don’t see how the city sees the current state of our side streets as anything less than acceptable for what we pay; maybe the next administration will.
I am ever so thankful that we are spending our hard earned tax dollars on a lovely new Grain Elevator Park that I’m sure at least seven or eight residents will ever use while we drive on snow-packed roads that are filling up with more and more potholes every year. How is it Edmonton plowed its side streets but our public works sees small cars getting stuck as acceptable? City council decided to not give $250,000 extra for snow removal and it shows big time. Most municipalities have cleared all streets once this year and we are told Mother Nature will do the job in our city. This leaves me one question: if your taxes go up every year and all of our services have decreased then where is our money going?
Gary Harving, St. Albert
