Posted to Monash Weekly (5/5/2013) on 6/5/2013 at 2:13 PM
Commenting on "Monash mayor defends 6 per cent rate rise"
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/story/1476467/monash-mayor-defends-6-per-cent-rate-rise/
Monash Mayor Micaela Drieberg said we could physically see where our rates went, not going off into a black "pot" hole. True it may seem, but the rates are literally going down the drain of the new swimming pool, the one that Cr Drieberg had pointed out. The swimming pools are luxuries and should be sold off to private enterprises.
And what of the Euneva car park? It is a complete waste of an expensive piece of real estate. Placed ‘remotely’ from the shops and where the action is, it is underutilised and will be for years to come. It is definitely an additional financial burden to the hip-pockets of the ratepayers.
Property prices have gone up and therefore the rates. Unfortunately, the capital appreciation is of no value to the property owners until the properties are sold and the benefits realised. With an ageing population no longer in the workforce, a 6 per cent increase in rates is 6 per cent too much.
Commenting on "Monash mayor defends 6 per cent rate rise"
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/story/1476467/monash-mayor-defends-6-per-cent-rate-rise/
Monash Mayor Micaela Drieberg said we could physically see where our rates went, not going off into a black "pot" hole. True it may seem, but the rates are literally going down the drain of the new swimming pool, the one that Cr Drieberg had pointed out. The swimming pools are luxuries and should be sold off to private enterprises.
And what of the Euneva car park? It is a complete waste of an expensive piece of real estate. Placed ‘remotely’ from the shops and where the action is, it is underutilised and will be for years to come. It is definitely an additional financial burden to the hip-pockets of the ratepayers.
Property prices have gone up and therefore the rates. Unfortunately, the capital appreciation is of no value to the property owners until the properties are sold and the benefits realised. With an ageing population no longer in the workforce, a 6 per cent increase in rates is 6 per cent too much.
