The Editor,
Re: "Taxpayers should not be on the hook for Gill's 'mess,'" the Now, Feb. 17.
I vehemently object to paying Coun.Tom Gill's bills. There is not a shred of city business involved in this case.
Transparency at city hall has suffered for several years, courtesy of slate-run councils. They are on a power trip. Bureaucracy rules even more with the new mayor - that's her stock in trade. She gives us "football" mumbo jumbo to obscure the real issue, which is why should the taxpayer be stuck with Gill's bill when there was no city business? That's not all we are expected to swallow - we heard the lame reasoning that the city solicitor has consulted someone and it fits the definition of city business.
I challenge the mayor and the council to do right by the taxpayer. Here's a chance to earn real respect.
Dave Bains, Surrey