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Locar NEews â€" K ___;i .n in in oc m i c ~~, y _ _ : ? : a FRoOM THE FRoONT PA€ & Sch. & â€"Rj 1 unit in the former Chapel Street & i6 eme yVOIl t change SOOII._ Rlnaldl library. Two years ago he 4 ;pec ic concemsf‘lom groups like Ombudsman in Ontario is questioned his assessment set by : Athorse farm owners, maple syrup â€" considering an investigation into . MPAC â€" and got it reduced for his i(‘producers and trailer park â€" the provincial assessment system. _ unit and those of his neighbours. ; J ~â€"â€"L . ccammeities oynaete O . > g : The province takes such Now the assessment is up to the n nommecmmmmmmmemeconsmm s In the midst of growing public recommendations "very, very . same level again, even though DEATH NOTICES concern at rising assessment seriously," he said after hearing â€" there have been no sales and no $ Dainard, Mabel Ruth vglu_es and expected'prop'erty tax thenews. other similar properties for s (Simpson) bill increases, Mr. Rinaldi readily _ People might have to rethink _ comparison. in At the. Northumberland Hitls aqlfnowledged MPAC‘s rules for home ownership To add insult to injury, within i1 Hospital on Saturday, October assessing are mandated by the Whether people put their the condominium building, two e 22, 2005, age 83 years. Mabel province. But, he notes, the tax money into the bank or buy â€" identical units are $20,000 apart in o uole sls i rates are determined DYy resszemszs=â€"paâ€" Property which _ assessment, he said i danahter of the. late: Earl â€" TS1 the individual municipal | * ~ _ 5o | apprecie « 1 4 3 Simpson and the late Gladys . T, ! al i % ppreciates over the They (MPAC) screw up the y (Puffer). â€" Beloved wife of the councils based on their y ‘\_| years, both are assessment right within the 7 late Frank Dainard. . Loving â€" V budget needs. mvan ‘; investment options, says â€" building." r.mother of Gladys and her husâ€" _ my In fact, he adds, [\ | y | | Mr. Rinaldi. Get rid of MPAC and the i band Cal Donnely of Midiand, :ll m u n i c i p a 1 h * "~ 0 | _ "I don‘t want to see â€"current marketâ€"based assessment 1 Ronald _ MacDonald . of _ A representatives hold the (=®_ _ â€"~â€"\ &a| anybody lose their home and save $140â€"million annually, ' fi""gsmf} d P -fMBam»E & majority of the seats on |aW*" c f‘ over taxes," he said. Mr. Sherman suggests. s 1 ufac g??gmgr; msa\nvt‘ie Dsggltet % M_PAC'S board of C | "T‘d like to (keep) living After MPAC has set the MacDonald and his wite Shelley _ & ~ directors and can make S | in my own house, too." assessments, shift its operations to of Brighton. . Stepâ€"mother of _ /\ changes there, he said. “‘â€"â€"‘ ‘ _ But if people are on a â€" municipalities and let computers Violet and her husband Larry 8 In addition, upperâ€"tier MPP Lou Rinaldi fixed income and property _ do the work, he says. EW ts Pl;m Hope. Roselea and _ C municipal government tax bills keep rising, the The assessments should remain Bf-(gh?o”ns "‘Zfid Pifmiselimfié > politicians _ can alter the choice might be to sell, downsize constant from year to year, he Dainard and Ed McCormack of relationships between tax classes and live on the difference, he says, except for two things: 3 Nova.Scotia. Sadly missed by like residential and industrial, he â€" suggested. + a property sale which will set her seventeen grandchildren "" Said. "It‘s a tough choice," the MPP _ its new assessment rate; and %“d fengred gandelidien Q ‘ In this county, like many across _ acknowledged, since the goal of _ + a costâ€"ofâ€"living increase (of 1 to % hf:r\sv'isféerfirz‘cfi'mgfi%%fi)“nd e ©Ontario, residential taxation â€" most people is to own their home, 3 per cent annually) added to every Special cousin of Marg Dumont ‘H ‘subsidizes the industrial class _ pay off the mortgage and be able to municipal property. of Kingston. _ The. family * because of the tax shift parameters _ afford retirement. Cobourg council should take a received friends at the Walas 7 ©"adopted by Northumberland Take the burden off leadership role in changing the Funeral Home, 190 Main Street, _ N ‘ County. The council, dominated property taxpayers assessment system, he stresses. Br['ghm‘g;&gfi"?gamm;&% {t * byâ€"rural municipalities, has opted Municipalities must raise What people should do ?&m on WeEnesday Qcmbgr a~ ‘for taxation â€" rules. which money from other sources than Cobourg Councillor Bill 26th at 1. o‘clock. . Interment & ultimately put more of a financial . assessment, Mr. Rinaldi says. MacDonald‘s assessment went up Waods Cemetery, Brighton. As t "=burden on Cobourg and Port In Detroit, for example, some . almost 50 per cent on his King an expression of sympathy, Hope.) municipal tax is paid straight out _ Street West waterfront home. It is gi’r‘m"”iol‘; d”ze Heart al?]d == Despite these areas _ of of people‘s pay cheques just like . now valued at $469,000. _ oo *»discretion, the overall policy it‘s done with provincial and Will he ask for a review from care of Box 96, Brighton, Mn Cassessment framework is set by _ federal taxes here in Ontario, he . MPAC? & Ontario, KOK 1H0, would be * ‘the province for both MPAC and . explained. No, responds the councillor. _ appreciated by the family. municipalities, Mr. Rinaldi The province is negotiating a "T‘ll say this. I wouldn‘t sell it w% concedes. "new deal" with the City of . forless." Yet he is under no illusion that Toronto to create new ways to That‘s the question people have + things are perfect. Nor is he deafto raise money and create new â€" to ask themselves. If they‘d sell for the cries for change from property _ "tools" to generate income to take less, then they should contact owners and groups like the the burden off assessmentibas'ed MPAC to review the assessed ‘~Canadian Advocates for Tax property taxes, Mr. Rlnaldl'sald. valge, he advised. > Awareness (CAFTA), which held _ Once that model is in place, it can Town councillors, the deputy ‘‘an antiassessment rally in beadopted elsewhere in Ontariq. ... mayor and the mayor have lobbied ‘~Campbellford this week and is In the meantime, should his local MPP Lou Blnaldl, the ‘ * planning others in his riding. constituents need help, they are pyovmclal govel'nzne‘nt and 5 _ "There are challenges. Make no â€" encouraged to call his office (905â€" â€" discussed the public‘s concerns ‘‘bones about it," Mr. Rinaldi said. _ 372â€"4000) where staffâ€" have over the assessment at the But there won‘t be any system â€" assessment comparisons and Assocllat101n of Munlclpahvtxes of thange by the provincial MPAC applications for property Ontario, Mr. MacDonald says. »%government â€" "not in the assessment appeals are available. We‘ve U1§d in the past. 2 foreseeable future," he added. Abolish MPAC But the provincial government The MPP,â€" however, . was Cobourg property owner Joe seems to think it‘s wgr}ung anc} anunaware the Office of. the. Sherman lives in a condominium.. has, therefore, only "tinkered to Cee Northumberland County was among the | mm Ombudsman first in the province to receive new Zer ijwent further, calling, for a public property assessment notices from M%’AC ~;I] 5 investigation through the Ombudsman‘s . this fall, with huge assegsment increases K > sbffice to check out the "inequities in the for some lakefront, specialty and farming s P # : » 4 st cHine x § D operty tax system" in Ontario. properties. Prafiy iKe. 0 nC )}Jfi ‘p \ ¢