Ian Petersen defends Gympie council rate rise, scorns ‘whingers’
Former Gympie councillor Ian Petersen says people ‘whinging’ about Gympie region’s recent rate rise need to understand the facts.
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By the way, those whinging about rate rises need to understand some facts.
It is difficult to compare rates on an individual basis. The true comparison is between councils’ total rate revenue collected.
It is interesting to note that the current council has increased total rate revenue collected by 3.2 per cent.
This is while repairing massive financial damage which threatened viability and was almost certainly heading towards administration. In comparison, the last Smith Curran budget increased total rate revenue collected by 5.3 per cent.
Those are facts.
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Thoughtless criticism is lazy and falls into the category of whinging. Genuine criticism must be based on careful consideration of facts.
Ian Petersen, Gympie
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