January 10, 2018
Scarborough Mirror
Mike Adler
Some Scarborough residents tell city they’re willing to pay more taxes
Peter Vanderyagt says he’s willing to pay more in property taxes.
So does David Meyers, who let members of a City of Toronto budget subcommittee visiting Scarborough know he’s heard “a lot of” residents say they’d pay more to get a better city.
Meyers, who lives in central Scarborough, told the trio of councillors he’s “very troubled” to see $41 million in poverty-reduction commitments they made are left out of Toronto’s 2018 draft budget.
Scarborough, said Meyers, has many neighbourhoods where poverty disadvantages tens of thousands; the draft budget “fails these communities” he said during public presentations at Scarborough Civic Centre Monday, Jan. 8.