Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Peter Ross <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de" target="_blank">Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
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does anybody bother about the way we vote here in Victoria?<br>
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I find it quite ridiculous that someone can cast a vote just because he<br>
owns a property in the area or is representing a company owning a<br>
property.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Land ownership is the key word here.</div><div>Surely a person or entity paying rates deserves a say in how their council spends the cash?</div><div><br></div><div>How would you feel if your property rates increased 2000 % and later you found out your local councillors were using the dough to pave gold roads?</div>
<div><br></div><div>If I had a property in a different municipality where the council increased them by say 500% in one year then surely I deserve to have a say on how they spend it?</div><div>If a company owns a property...lets say a small engineering firm in a shed in a place like Corowa... employing 5 locals ,  who has their garbage, sewage and water rates increased 100% in one year surely they deserve a say?</div>
<div><br></div><div>(Stress the OWN the property/land part there...if a company leases land/warehouse whatever ...then they do not pay local council rates...its just part of the rent.. they should not get a say!)</div><div>
<br></div><div>Rgds</div><div>BW</div><div><br></div></div>