There was a story in the allnovascotia.com that discussed Mike Savage's tax plan (allnovascotia.com, Sunday Oct 21st, 2012, "Mayor Savage Talks Tax Reform", by Amy Pugsley Fraser). Mike Savage wants to decrease the commercial tax burden in downtown Halifax to encourage growth and make it the showcase of the municipality. Also he would like to decrease the difference in tax rate between the downtown and other parts of the municipality. He also feels that the government needs to start investing in the downtown and that includes streetscaping and infrastructure.
It sounds like a sensible goal. Hopefully he can get enough support from the other Councillors.
In a separate allnovascotia.com story, it was mentioned that there will likely be a recount in District 3 (Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage) where Jackie Barkhouse unofficially won by 6 votes over Bill Karsten. The preliminary vote total was 3,352 to 3,346.
Last edited by fenwick16; Oct 22, 2012 at 3:31 AM.
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