I read with interest the article in the local paper about the recent council meeting. As expected, the protest against postage charges was more or less shrugged off and not dealt with until after 11 p.m.
By then all those tiresome seniors with their petty complaints were tired of waiting to see their complaint dealt with.
Coun. Campbell Watt told the meeting that their hands were tied and somebody has to pay. You had no trouble untying your hands to find money for a fancy farewell party and for health benefits for every council member. Some of you are employers. Do your employees meet behind closed doors and arbitrarily decide that from now on you will be expected to pay for their health benefits? I don’t think so.
You were elected by the citizens of this city to work for the good of this city, not to arbitrarily vote yourself financial perks. If the honorarium you receive is not good enough don’t let your name stand for council. Some of us oldies might still be around for the next election and we do have long memories.
I regret voting for this council. Some of your plans including the moorage near SS Sicamous are not wanted by most of the voting public but stating our opposition has no impact as seen by the way you handled the postage charges. I hate to think what else will be forced down our throats in the next four years.
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Joan Eschbach
Penticton
