town of hawkesbury on canada

tired of paying for too much

/ #44 raising property taxes in the town of Hawkesbury

2013-12-12 18:59

I believe for a town of 10,000 residents that the taxes are very expensive here. I have 5 year old semi-detached valued at 189,000$ and I pay 4200$/year including garbage,water and waste. I think this way too much. Like other people are saying here,the streets are in terrible shape,the OPP is at every corner trying to get money out of us for not stopping completely on a stop,or whatever. I was told that OPP alone was 50% of the city's budget. New houses are a farce...the city's inspectors are in with the builders and don't do a good job of keeping the builders respecting the building codes.

Anyway,when my mortgage is due in 3 years,I'm selling and moving out of Hawkesbury...period.

By the way,excellent job Paul Depratto.