How would the anti-Wamart crowd feel about the City of Vancouver paying for a bus to transport people directly from Pacific Centre to the new Walmart on the Grandview Highway?

Outrage? I would think so. But this is not as outrageous as other people might think.

The City of Regina is spending $70,000 to pay for a new transit route from the old Walmart location to its new location . Why?  According to the immortal words of the mayor Fiacco, he is spending tax dollars to transport people to a private business because "we have to be fair."

Huh?

How is using tax dollars to transport consumers from one business to another fair?  Fair to whom?  After all, Walmart is a mult-billion dollar business that could well afford to transport people to its new location if it thought it was worth it. Tax dollars should not be used to discriminate against business.

However, this is but one example of how politicians use our money to buy votes. But that's not what we pay taxes for, and people are beginning to wake up to this misuse of tax dollars. Voters in communities across British Columbia are starting to organize to stop spendthrift local councils bent on higher taxes to fund their free-spending ways, and this bodes well for home owners. The City of West Vancouver will hold the line on property taxes this year as a result of the efforts of a ratepayers association there.