This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

There'll Be A Lot More Of This

City of Vincent Budget, 2014-15
Canning Times North, 4th November 2014
Despite the fact that the Local Government Advisory Board is required to consider 'economic factors' in assessing proposals and making its recommendations, there is a world of difference between the financial modelling done by the Treasury for the LGAB and the practical realities when local government is restructured.

Melville is concerned that it's rate base has got smaller and high-value areas are to be replaced by low-rated areas from Canning.

Canning residents will rightly be concerned about how much more they will have to pay, since Canning rates are 20% lower than Melville's.

And the consensus of many mayors is that rates will increase substantially overall, simply to fund the costs of amalgamation, thus adding to the pain for all ratepayers.
Southern Gazette, 4th November 2014
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